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BAY CITIES JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY <br />JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT <br />This agreement is made by and among the public entities listed in Appendix A <br />("Member Entities"), all of which are public entities organized and operating under the <br />laws of the State of California and each of which is a local public entity as defined in <br />California Government Code Section 989, as it may be amended from time to time. <br />RECITALS <br />I. The following state laws, among others, authorize the Member Entities <br />to enter into the Bay Cities Joint Powers Insurance Authority Joint Powers Agreement <br />("Agreement"): <br />A. Labor Code Section 3700 allowing a local public entity to fund its <br />own workers' compensation claims; <br />B. Government Code Sections 989 and 990, and Education Code <br />Section 15802, permitting a local public entity to insure itself against liability and other <br />losses; <br />C. Government Code Section 990.4 permitting a local public entity to <br />provide insurance and self-insurance in any desired combination; <br />D. Government Code Section 990.8 permitting two or more local <br />public entities to enter into an agreement to jointly fund such expenditures under the <br />authority of Government Code Sections 6500-6515; and <br />E. Government Code Section 6500-6515 permitting two or more local <br />public entities to jointly exercise under an agreement any power which is common to each <br />of them. <br />II. Each Member Entity desires to join together with the other Member <br />Entities for the purposes of: <br />A. Developing effective risk management programs to reduce the <br />amount and frequency of their losses; <br />B. Pooling their self-insured losses; and <br />C. Jointly purchasing excess insurance and administrative services in <br />connection with any of the Programs for said parties. <br />-1- BCJPIA Joint Powers Agreement <br />