CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

/1-75-ct .4)k Adopted: October 5, 1979 Amended: May 12, 1980 Amended: January 23, 1987 Amended: October 7, 1988 Amended: March 1993 Amended: November 18, 1996 Amended: October 4, 2005 Amended: February 28, 2006 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT CREATING THE CSAC EXCESS INSURANCE AUTHORITY This Agreement is executed in the State of California by and among those counties and public entities organized and existing under the Constitution of the State of California which are parties signatory to this Agreement. The CSAC Excess Insurance Authority was formed under the sponsorship of CSAC. All such counties, hereinafter called member counties, and public entities, hereinafter called member public entities, [collectively "members"j shall be listed in Appendix A, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof. RECITALS WHEREAS, Article 1, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the California Government Code (Section 6500 et seq.) permits two or more public agencies by agreement to exercise jointly powers common to the contracting parties; and WHEREAS, Article 16, Section 6 of the California Constitution provides that insurance pooling arrangements under joint exercise of power agreements shall not be considered the giving or lending of credit as prohibited therein; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 990.4 provides that a local public entity may self-insure, purchase insurance through an authorized carrier, or purchase insurance through a surplus line broker, or any combination of these; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code Section 990.6, the cost of insurance provided by a local public entity is a proper charge against the local public entity; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 990.8 provides that two or more local entities may, by a joint powers agreement, provide insurance for any purpose by any one or more of the methods specified in Government Code Section 990.4 and such pooling of self-insured claims or losses is not considered insurance nor subject to regulation under the Insurance Code; and WHEREAS, the counties and public entities executing this Agreement desire to join together for the purpose of jointly funding and/or establishing excess and other insurance programs as determined; NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: Page 1 of 22