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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-159

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Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-159

Official statutory text

The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty Association created under this chapter shall be renamed as the “Mississippi Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association” and there is created a separate nonprofit unincorporated legal entity to be known as the “Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association.” All individual self-insurers shall be and remain members of the individual association and all group self-insurers shall be and remain members of the group association as a condition of their authority under Section 71-3-75, Mississippi Code of 1972 . These associations shall perform their functions under plans of operation established and approved under Section 71-3-165 and shall exercise their powers through boards of directors established under Section 71-3-161 . However, any individual or group self-insurer composed of the state, or any agency thereof, or county or municipal governments shall not be required to be members of the individual association or the group association.

Status: in_force

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