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<br />1.2 Compliance with Applicable Laws. It is the parties' intent to comply with the <br />applicable statutory requirements pertaining to requests for proposals for group insurance, self- <br />insurance, COBRA and its Minnesota extensions, service cooperatives, and all other applicable <br />federal and state statutes. Pursuant to the laws governing service cooperatives, it is also intended <br />that nonprofit non-governmental units be allowed to participate as Associate Members in the <br />Group Employee Benefits and Other Financial and Risk Management Services made available <br />pursuant to this Agreement, although it is not intended that such nonprofit, non-governmental <br />units exercise any of the powers or authorities exclusively delegated to governmental units <br />described in Minn. Stat. 471.59 Subd. 1. <br /> <br />SECTION 2 <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />2.1 Advisory Committee(s) means committees appointed by the Board in accordance with <br />Section 4.8 of this Agreement which are representative of the. Participants as deemed appropriate <br />by the Board for the purpose of recommending policies, procedures and actions to the Board. <br /> <br />2.2 Agreement means this Joint Powers Agreement as the same may be amended from time <br />to time. This document, and all other documents in the same form executed (or deemed executed <br />as provided in Section 9 of this Agreement) by SC and other Participant Members, all as <br />amended from time to time, shall together constitute a single Agreement. <br /> <br />2.3 Associate Member means any nonprofit or non-governmental entity which participates <br />in any of the Group Employee Benefits or Other Financial and Risk Management Services made <br />available to Associate Members by the Board, and agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of <br />this Agreement other than those terms explicitly applicable only to Participant Members (or is <br />deemed to have so agreed as provided in Section 9 of this Agreement). <br /> <br />2.4 Board or Joint Powers Governing Board means the SC Board of Directors acting as <br />the joint board authorized to exercise certain powers of the Participant Members, as permitted by <br />Minn. Stat. 471.59, Subd. 2 and as set forth in this Agreement. <br /> <br />2.5 CBA means collective bargaining agreement. <br /> <br />2.6 CBA Employee Benefits means employee welfare and retirement benefits made <br />available by the Board from time to time for adoption by a Participant pursuant to the terms of a <br />CBA, and may include, but shall not be limited to health benefits coverage, welIness and <br />employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability income protection, dental insurance, <br />flexible spending programs, retirement programs and long term care insurance. In no event shall <br />any Discretionary Employee Benefits be considered CBA Employee Benefits unless and until <br />they become part of a collective bargaining agreement between a union and a Participant. <br /> <br />090299 <br /> <br />2 <br />