MACo Urges OPEB Trust to Be Added Under Local Tort Law
On 15, January 2021 MACo Executive Director Michael Sanderson testified virtually before the House Judiciary Committee to support HB 378 - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Definition of Local Government. This bill would change the definition of local government to include MACo's Pooled OPEB Trust Fund under the Local Government Tort Claims Act. From the MACo Testimony: HB 378 seeks to specify that this Pooled Trust, clearly performing a governmental function on behalf of its member…