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MA Gen L ch 40m § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 8 - Membership in Group

Section 8. (A) A public employer joining a public employer's self-insurance group after the group has been issued a certificate of approval shall submit an application for membership to the board of trustees or its administrator. Membership takes effect no earlier than each member's date of approval. The application for membership and its approval shall be maintained as permanent records of the board of trustees.  (B) Individual members of a group shall be subject to cancellation by the group pursuant to the by-laws of the group. In addition, individual members may elect to terminate their participation in the group. A voluntary termination may not be tendered prior to the members participation in the group for a period of less than one year. The group shall notify the commissioner of the termination or cancellation of a member within ten days and shall maintain coverage of each cancelled or terminated member for thirty days after such notice, at the terminating member's expense, unless the group is notified sooner by the insurance department that the cancelled or terminated member has insurance, has become a self-insurer, or has become a member of another public employer self-insurance group.  (C) The agreement between the group and the member shall specify the terms and conditions of payment of benefits for each member's incurred liabilities during its period of membership.  (D) A group member is not relieved of its liabilities incurred during its period of membership except through payment by the group or the member or a combination thereof. Payment of benefits by the group to the member shall be limited to the terms specified in the agreement between the group and the member.  (E) There shall be a minimum period of at least one year for which a member shall contract to participate in the group.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 9 - Solicitation of Memberships

Section 9. Except for trustees, officers, directors or salaried employees of a group or its administrator, any person soliciting membership in a property and casualty self-insurance group must be a licensed agent as provided by section sixty-three of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 10 - Reports

Section 10. (A) Each group shall submit to the commissioner of insurance thirty days before the end of its policy year a performance report estimating total outstanding liability, including incurred but not reported claims, for that policy year.  (B) Each group shall submit to the commissioner a statement of financial condition audited by an independent certified public accountant on or before the last day of the sixth month following the end of the group's fiscal year. The financial statement shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include, but not be limited to, actuarially appropriate reserves for (1) known claims and expenses associated therewith, (2) claims incurred but not reported and expenses associated therewith, (3) unearned premiums and (4) bad debts, which reserves shall be shown as liabilities.  (C) The commissioner may prescribe a uniform financial reporting system for all public employer self-insurance groups to ensure the accurate and complete reporting of groups' financial information.  (D) The commissioner may prescribe the format and frequency of other reports which may include, but shall not be limited to, payroll audit reports, summary loss reports, and quarterly financial statements.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 11 - Rating Plan; Annual Audit

Section 11. (A) A group shall file with the commissioner its rating plan.  (B) Each group shall be audited at least annually by an auditor acceptable to the commissioner to verify proper rating. A report of the audit shall be filed with the commissioner in a form prescribed by the commissioner. A group or any member thereof may request a hearing on any objections to the rating. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium contribution is insufficient, he shall order the group to assess that member an amount equal to the deficiency. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium is excessive, he shall order the group to refund to the member the excess collected. The audit shall be at the expense of the group.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 12 - Refund of Excess Funds

Section 12. (A) Any monies for a fund year in excess of the amount necessary to fund all obligations, including reserves for claims and reserves for incurred but not reported claims for that fund year may be declared to be refundable by the board of trustees not less than six months after the end of the fund year.  (B) Each member shall be given a written description of the refund plan at the time of application for membership. A refund for any fund year shall be paid only to those employers who remain participants in the group for the entire fund year.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 13 - Premium Payments; Loss Reserves

Section 13. (A) Each group shall establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner a premium payment plan in which at least thirty-three per cent of each members estimated net annual premium is payable at the start of the groups fund year and payment of the balance of each member's annual premium is payable within the first nine months of that fund year in monthly or quarterly installments.  (B) Each group shall establish and maintain actuarially appropriate loss reserves which shall include reserves for (1) known claims and expenses associated therewith and (2) claim incurred but not reported and expenses associated therewith.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 14 - Deficiencies

Section 14. (A) If the assets of a group are at any time insufficient to enable the group to discharge its legal liabilities and other obligations and to maintain the reserves required of it under this chapter, it shall forthwith make up the deficiency or levy an assessment upon its members for the amount needed to make up the deficiency.  (B) In the event of a deficiency in any fund year, such deficiency shall be made up immediately, either from (a) administrative funds, (b) assessment of the membership, if ordered by the group or, (c) such alternate method as the commissioner may approve or direct.  (C) If the group fails to assess its members or to otherwise make up such deficit within ninety days the commissioner shall order it to do so.  (D) If the group fails to make the required assessment of its members within ninety days after the commissioner orders it to do so, or if the deficiency is not fully made up within one hundred and twenty days after the date on which such assessment is made, or within such longer period of time as may be specified by the commissioner, the group shall be deemed to be insolvent.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 15 - Violations; Cease and Desist Orders

Section 15. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may issue an order requiring a person or public employer self-insurance group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 16 - Revocation of Certificate of Approval; Grounds; Review

Section 16. (A) After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may revoke a public employer self-insurance group's certificate of approval if it (1) is found to be insolvent, (2) fails to pay any regulatory fee or assessment, imposed upon it, or (3) fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, with any rules promulgated thereunder, or with any lawful order of the commissioner within the time prescribed. In addition, the commissioner may revoke a group's certificate of approval if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the commissioner finds that (a) any certificate of approval that was issued to the group was obtained by fraud; (b) there was a material misrepresentation in the application for the certificate of approval; or (c) the group or its administrator has misappropriated, converted, illegally withheld, or refused to pay over upon proper demand any monies that belong to a member, an employee of a member, or a person otherwise entitled thereto and that have been entrusted to the group or its administrator in its fiduciary capacities.  (B) Any ruling, order or decision of the commissioner under authority of this section shall be subject to review by appeal to the superior court department of the trial court at the instance of any party in interest, which appeal shall be on the basis of the record of the proceeding before the commissioner. Said court shall have jurisdiction to modify, amend, annul, review, or affirm such action, order, finding or decision, shall review all questions of fact and of law involved therein, and may make any other appropriate order or decree. Said court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 17 - Applicability of Chapter 176v to Groups Governed by This Chapter

Section 17. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to groups governed by this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 1 - Purpose

Section 1. It is hereby declared essential for the benefit of the people of each municipality which accepts this act, in order that there be an increase in their commerce, welfare and prosperity and an improvement in their living conditions, that the municipality establish or continue to maintain an economical and efficient water system and sewer works system; that accurate, appropriate, and self-sustaining fees, rates and charges for water and sewer service within the municipality be established and all consumers, public and private, taxpayer and tax exempt, pay their fair share of the costs of such services; that the water and sewer systems of the municipality to be operated in a modern, efficient and financially self-sustaining manner to further their sound financial, environmental and physical condition; that conservation of water sources be encouraged; that water supplies be protected and improved; and that the municipality be provided a means to improve its water and sewer systems and insure the continued availability of water and sewer services at sufficient rates; all to the public benefit and good, and to the extent and in the manner provided herein.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 2 - Short Title

Section 2. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Model Water and Sewer Reorganization Act.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 11 - Issuance of Bonds; Temporary Notes

Section 11. In addition to the notes issued under the provisions of section nine, the commission may provide by resolution for the issuance from time to time of bonds of the commission for any of its corporate purposes or the borrowing of money in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds. Bonds may be issued hereunder as general obligations of the commission or as special obligations payable solely from particular funds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such bonds may be issued to pay or refund notes issued by the commission pursuant to section nine, to the cost of any extension, enlargement, or improvement of the water works system or the sewer works system, to provide such reserves for debt service, repairs and replacements or other costs or current expenses as may be required by a trust agreement or resolution securing bonds of the commission, or for any combination of the foregoing purposes.  The commission may also provide by resolution for the issuance from time to time of temporary notes in anticipation of the revenues to be collected or received by the commission in any year, or in anticipation of the receipt of federal, commonwealth or local grants or other aid, including the refunding or renewal of notes issued by the municipality in anticipation of such receipts outstanding at the effective date of this chapter. The issue of such notes shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issue of bonds other than such temporary notes as the same may be applicable; provided, however, that notes issued in anticipation of revenues shall mature no later than one year from their respective dates and notes issued in anticipation of federal, commonwealth or local grants or other aid and renewals thereof shall mature no later than the expected date of receipt of such grants or aid. Notes in anticipation of revenues issued to mature less than one year from their dates may be renewed by the commission from time to time by the issue of other temporary notes hereunder; provided, however, the period from the date of an original note to the maturity of any note issued to renew or pay the same or the interest thereon shall not exceed one year.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 13 - Refunding Bonds

Section 13. The commission may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the commission deems to be in the public interest. Refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming bonds being refunded and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by a trust agreement or resolution securing bonds. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the commission in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 14 - Payment of Bonds From Bond Proceeds; Liability

Section 14. Bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued or entered into under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, of any city or town, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the commission. All bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, excepting any note guaranteed by the municipality pursuant to section nine, shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the commonwealth nor any city or town shall be obligated to pay the same and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the commonwealth or of any city or town is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds or notes. Each bond shall also recite whether it is a general obligation of the commission or a special obligation thereof payable solely from particular funds pledged to its payment.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 15 - Moneys Received Deemed to Be Trust Funds

Section 15. All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of bonds or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 16 - Bonds Eligible for Investment

Section 16. Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, savings banks, co-operative banks, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision, of the commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 17 - Bonds Deemed to Be Investment Securities

Section 17. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds issued under this chapter, all such bonds shall be deemed to be investment securities under chapter one hundred and six.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 18 - Bonds Issued Without Consent of Other Entities

Section 18. Bonds may be issued under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the commonwealth or the municipality, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required therefor by this chapter, and the validity of and security for any bonds issued by the commission shall not be affected by the existence or nonexistence of any such consent or other proceedings, conditions or things.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 19 - Tax Exemption

Section 19. The commission and all its revenues, income and real and personal property shall be exempt from taxation and from betterments and special assessments and the commission shall not be required to pay any tax, excise or assessment to or for the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions; provided, however, that the commission is authorized to enter into agreements to make annual payments in lieu of taxes with respect to property of the commission located outside the municipality upon which local real estate taxes are being paid as of the effective date of acceptance of this chapter. Bonds issued by the commission and their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 40n § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40n - Model Water and Sewer Commission|Section 20 - Records; Reports; Inspection

Section 20. The commission shall at all times keep full and accurate accounts of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities, which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the commonwealth or the municipality. The commission shall submit an annual report in writing concerning its operations to the legislative and executive bodies of the municipality within one hundred and twenty days following the close of its fiscal year. Such report for the fiscal year ending one year after acceptance of this chapter and for each fiscal year thereafter, shall include financial statements relating to the operations and properties of the commission maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles to the extent applicable and audited by an independent certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants.