符合LMCIT覆盖条件的实体

Participation in the Trust is generally open to any city that’s a member of the 明尼苏达城市联盟. Certain other types of political subdivisions can also join the League and become eligible for Trust coverage. Several other types of city-related entities are also eligible for LMCIT coverage.

联合权力委员会和实体

A joint powers entity is created by an agreement or contract among two or more political subdivisions. A joint powers entity is eligible for coverage if at least one of its constituent political subdivisions is a League member. A joint powers entity does not itself have to become a League member.

特殊目的政治分区

特殊目的政治分区 are created either directly by statute or by following a procedure specified in the statutes. Special districts are eligible for coverage.

市议会、委员会和当局

The Trust can provide coverage for independent city boards, commissions, and authorities. These can be covered either under their city’s coverage (assuming their city’s already a Trust member) or by issuing separate coverage. If the board or commission’s city is a League member, it doesn’t also need to become a League member in order get coverage from the Trust.

私人非营利性公司

The Trust can provide coverage to a private corporation only under limited circumstances:

  • The corporation must be a nonprofit corporation.
  • It must qualify as an instrumentality of a member city (an instrumentality is defined as an entity that has the authority to serve a city purpose, and its articles of incorporation or bylaws give the city a reasonable degree of control over the entity’s activities).

If the nonprofit corporation qualifies as a city instrumentality, the Trust can provide coverage either by adding the corporation to the city’s coverage or by issuing separate coverage to the corporation. 如果选择后者, the city must request the Trust provide coverage, and the city must agree to be secondarily responsible for any premiums or deductible reimbursements the corporation may owe to the Trust.

If the corporation’s city is a League member, the corporation doesn’t also need to become a member to get coverage from the Trust.

其他手段

There are other entities that can qualify as instrumentalities of cities, and to whom the Trust can provide coverage. Examples include housing and redevelopment authorities, 经济发展当局, 公用事业佣金. If the instrumentality’s city is a League member, the instrumentality doesn’t also need to become a member to get coverage from the Trust.

公职人员协会

公职人员协会 are typically organized as nonprofit corporations. This type of association may be eligible to participate in the Trust if:

  • It qualifies as an instrumentality of cities.
  • The association’s articles of incorporation or bylaws clearly identify a valid municipally related purpose for the entity’s existence.
  • The membership group consists predominantly of city officials.
  • A majority of the governing board’s members are city officials.

An association that qualifies does not need to become a League member if it is affiliated with a League member city.

美洲土著部落

The Trust does not have the legal authority to accept a Native American tribe as a member because tribes are sovereign nations and not political subdivisions of the state.

乡

乡 that were participating in an LMCIT coverage program as of June 27, 2024, are eligible to continue in the programs in which they were enrolled as of that date. The LMCIT and LMC Boards are currently reviewing eligibility provisions for future potential township members and we will provide additional information when it is available.

运输业务

The Trust can provide coverage for a transit operation that is:

  • 私人非营利性公司.
  • 由成员城市运营.
  • 由联合权力委员会管理, provided that at least one member of the joint powers board is a League member.
  • Run by a special purpose political subdivision or district.
  • 由一家非营利性公司经营, provided the corporation is an instrumentality of a League member city, the city requests the Trust to provide coverage, and the city agrees to be secondarily responsible for any premiums or deductible reimbursements the corporation may owe to the Trust.

LMCIT can’t provide coverage for transit operations that are run solely by a county or by a for-profit corporation.