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Joel Hanson <br />From: Tritz, Pete [PTritz @LMNC.ORG] <br />Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:14 AM <br />To: Joel Hanson <br />Subject: Joint powers bill <br />Attachments: joint powers liability legislation - what does it mean.doc; Joint powers agreements - an outline <br />of risk considerations.doc <br />joint powers liability Joint powers <br />legisla.. agreements - an o... <br />Hi, Joel - <br />We did get the legislation passed to fix the Reimber problem, and it took effect May 25. <br />I've attached a memo summarizing what the implications are of the new legislation for <br />cities involved in or thinking about joint powers arrangements. (This is hot off the <br />press - I just finalized it literally ten minutes ago.) I've also attached another <br />handout we've developed for one of the sessions at the league conference next week. <br />In practical terms, the 2006 law really doesn't change what we'd recommend for how joint <br />powers agreements should be structured. Irrespective of the status of Reimer, there are <br />lots of joint powers agreements out there that could benefit from some revision of the <br />risk provisions. <br />What the bill does is to eliminate one way in which liabiltiy from joint powers activities <br />could add up to an amount exceeding the tort caps, but there still remain other ways in <br />which that could occur, just as there are for an individual city's activities. To put it <br />another way, for a joint powers entity, there's now arguably one less reason to carry <br />excess liabitliy coverage, but it doesn't mean that there's no reason to consider excess <br />coverage. <br />I hope this gives you what you need. If not, holler. <br />Pete <br />From: Joel Hanson [mailto:joel .hanson @ci.little - canada.mn.us] <br />Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:20 AM <br />To: Tritz, Pete <br />Subject: <br />Pete: <br />Did the joint powers issue arising from the Remer case get resolved in this past <br />legislative session? What I'm really looking for is do we need language addressing that <br />issue or did a new law resolve it? <br />Thanks <br />Joel <br />This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. <br />For more information please visit http: / /www.messagelabs.com /email <br />15- <br />