PRINTER'S NO. 2730
No. 243 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, TANGRETTI, MELIO, MANDERINO, SURRA, STURLA,
TRAVAGLIO, SCRIMENTI, STETLER, MUNDY, TRICH, VEON, WOZNIAK,
M. COHEN, ITKIN, DeWEESE, JOSEPHS, GIGLIOTTI AND SAINATO,
OCTOBER 31, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 31, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Local Government Commission to conduct a study of
2 municipal pooling to purchase certain kinds of insurance.
3 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has encouraged municipalities
4 to cooperate with other governmental units in the exercise or
5 performance of their functions, powers or responsibilities under
6 the provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law; and
7 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has encouraged local agencies
8 to join together for the purpose of purchasing public liability
9 insurance under the provisions of section 221(1) of the JARA
10 Continuation Act of 1980; and
11 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has encouraged homogeneous
12 employers to join together for the purchase of workers'
13 compensation insurance under the provisions of Articles VII
14 through XIII of the Workers' Compensation Act; and
15 WHEREAS, Certain municipalities may be joining together to
16 purchase health and hospitalization or other kinds of insurance
17 for their employees and operations under the provisions of the
1 Intergovernmental Cooperation Law; and
2 WHEREAS, Various local government associations are assisting
3 their member municipalities to pool together to purchase group
4 insurance; and
5 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives believes that the cost
6 of operations and employing personnel by municipalities may be
7 reduced if more municipalities would enter into agreements to
8 form regional or Statewide pools to purchase various kinds of
9 insurance; and
10 WHEREAS, The reduced cost of insurance could provide
11 municipalities with additional funds to purchase equipment and
12 improve facilities so that municipal services could be enhanced;
13 therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Local
15 Government Commission to undertake a study to determine the
16 extent to which municipalities are pooling together to purchase
17 liability, workers' compensation, health and hospitalization and
18 other kinds of insurance, the cost savings realized by this
19 pooling and ways to encourage more municipalities to enter into
20 regional or Statewide pools for the purchase of various kinds of
21 insurance; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That to accomplish this goal, the Local Government
23 Commission may hold hearings, take testimony and make its
24 investigations at such places as it deems necessary in this
25 Commonwealth. Each member of the commission shall have power to
26 administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses appearing before
27 the commission; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That the commission prepare a report containing its
29 findings, and, if appropriate, propose necessary legislation,
30 and deliver such report to the House of Representatives as soon
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1 as possible upon the conclusion of its study.
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