Mississippi § 71-3-159 - Workers’ Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association and Workers’ Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association.
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§ 71-3-159. Workers’ Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association and Workers’ Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association.
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 plan s 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.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 71-3-159 ("Workers’ Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association and Workers’ Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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