6-21-703. Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program - Participation.
6-21-704. Administration - Reports.
6-21-705. Powers and duties of Insurance Commissioner.
6-21-706. Information furnished by participants.
6-21-707. Inspection and safety program.
6-21-709. Payment of claims - Subrogation - Premium rate - Excess insurance.
6-21-710. Public School Insurance Trust Fund - Investments.
6-21-711. Advisory committee - Members - Duties.
A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 1, provided:
“Purpose.
“(a) The purpose of this act is to provide for the administration and regulation of the Public Elementary and Secondary School Insurance Program and the School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program by the State Insurance Department and to amend various provisions of Arkansas Code §§ 6-20-1501 to 6-20-1515 and §§ 6-21-701 to 6-21-711. The responsibilities of the Department of Education for the regulation and administration of the Public Elementary and Secondary School Self-Insurance Program and the School Motor Vehicle Self-Insurance Program shall cease and its responsibilities shall be transferred to the State Insurance Department. The programs shall be known as the Public Elementary and Secondary School Insurance Program and the Public School Motor Vehicle Insurance Program.
“(b) The statutory authority, powers, duties, functions, including budgeting and purchasing, records, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds, and authorized positions but not the personnel of the Public Elementary and Secondary School Self-Insurance Program and the School Motor Vehicle Self-Insurance Program are transferred to the department. The transfer shall include each program's prescribed powers, duties, and functions, including but not limited to rulemaking, regulation, and licensing; and the rendering of findings, orders and adjudications.
“(c) All forms for the administration and regulation of the programs, all trust agreements and arrangements, and all documents presently in use which have been previously approved by the Department of Education or the State Board of Education shall continue to be approved until otherwise determined by the Insurance Commissioner.
“(d) The Insurance Services Division of the Department of Education is transferred to the State Insurance Department by a type two (2) transfer under § 25-2-105. The transfer shall include the authorized positions but shall not include the personnel of the division.”
Effective Dates. Acts 1991, No. 824, § 21: Mar. 27, 1991. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Eighth General Assembly that the cost of motor vehicle insurance for school districts has become almost prohibitive; that it is in the best interest of public education that a School Motor Vehicle Self-Insurance Program be established and made operative as soon as practical and that this act is designed to accomplish this purpose and should be given effect immediately. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.”
Acts 1997, No. 250, § 258: Feb. 24, 1997. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that Act 1211 of 1995 established the procedure for all state boards and commissions to follow regarding reimbursement of expenses and stipends for board members; that this act amends various sections of the Arkansas Code which are in conflict with the Act 1211 of 1995; and that until this cleanup act becomes effective conflicting laws will exist. Therefore an emergency is declared to exist and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall become effective on the date of its approval by the Governor. If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governer [sic], it shall become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house overrides the veto.”
Acts 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 78, § 26: Feb. 6, 2004. Emergency clause provided: “It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that assistance is necessary to minimize public school insurance costs; that the administration of public school insurance programs by the State Insurance Department will permit the Department of Education to concentrate its efforts and resources on improving public education; that this subchapter is designed to provide property and automobile liability and physical damage coverage for state public schools, educational cooperatives, and open-enrollment charter schools participating in the programs as economically as possible; and that this act should be effective immediately. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, shall become effective on: (1) The date of its approval by the Governor; (2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the bill; or (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto.”