California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 54956.95

Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 882, Sec. 3.
(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a joint powers agency formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1, for purposes of insurance pooling, or a local agency member of the joint powers agency, from holding a closed session to discuss a claim for the payment of tort liability losses, public liability losses, or workers’ compensation liability incurred by the joint powers agency or a local agency member of the joint powers agency.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the Local

Agency Self-Insurance Authority formed pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 6599.01) of Division 7 of Title 1, or a local agency member of the authority, from holding a closed session to discuss a claim for the payment of tort liability losses, public liability losses, or workers’ compensation liability incurred by the authority or a local agency member of the authority.

(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect Section 54956.9 with respect to any other local agency.

Cite this section

Cal. Gov. Code § 54956.95 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/gov/title-5-local-agencies/division-2-cities-counties-and-other-agencies/part-1-powers-and-duties-common-to-cities-counties-and-other-agencies/chapter-9-meetings/section-54956.95

Other sections in Chapter 9 - Meetings

§ 54950§ 54950.5§ 54951§ 54952§ 54952.1§ 54952.2§ 54952.3§ 54952.6§ 54952.7§ 54953…§ 54957.10§ 54958§ 54959§ 54960§ 54960.1§ 54960.2§ 54960.5§ 54961§ 54962§ 54963

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