1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; modifying definitions relating to self-insurance and 
1.3 	the Nonprofit Insurance Trust;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 
1.4 	471.98, subdivision 2; 471.982, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.98, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" includes a statutory or home 
1.8 	rule charter city, a county, a school district, a town, a watershed management organization 
1.9 	as defined in section 103B.205, subdivision 13, or an instrumentality thereof, including 
1.10 	but not limited to instrumentalities incorporated under chapter 317A, having independent 
1.11 	policy-making and appropriating authority. For the purposes of this section and section 
1.12 	471.981, the governing body of a town is the town board. ~~The term also includes the~~ 
1.13 	~~Nonprofit Insurance Trust incorporated under chapter 317A and its members incorporated~~ 
1.14 	~~under chapter 317A.~~

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.982, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 3.Exemptions. Self-insurance pools established and open for enrollment 
1.17 	on a statewide basis by the Minnesota League of Cities Insurance Trust, the Minnesota 
1.18 	School Boards Association Insurance Trust, the Minnesota Association of Townships 
1.19 	Insurance and Bond Trust, or the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust~~, or the~~ 
1.20 	~~Nonprofit Insurance Trust~~ and the political subdivisions that belong to them are exempt 
1.21 	from the requirements of this section and sections 65B.48, subdivision 3, and 60A.0811. 
1.22 	In addition, the Minnesota Association of Townships Insurance and Bond Trust and the 
2.1 	townships that belong to it are exempt from the requirement to hold the certificate of surety 
2.2 	authorization issued by the commissioner of commerce as provided in section 574.15.