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RESOLUTION NO.
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO OPPOSING ASSEMBLY
, BILL NO. 155 AND SENATE BILL NO. 555 RELATING TO WORKERS'
; COMPENSATION BENEFIT APPORTIONMENT.
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WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 155 has been introduced and
by the General Assembly of the California Legislature; and
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Ii WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill does, in effect, terminate
I! apportionment of benefits to prior workers' compensation insurance
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I' carriers, and by the year 1981 reduces apportionment to a period
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i of one year immediately preceding the date of injury; and
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! WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 555 has been introduced in the
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12 WHEREAS, said Senate Bill provides that liability for
13 occupational diseases or cumulative injuries will be limited to
14 those employers employing claimant employees during a period of
15 one year immediately preceding the date of injury; and
16 WHEREAS, both Assembly Bill No. 155 and Senate Bill No. 555
17 will result in a multi-million dollar reduction of liability for
18 the insurance industry at the expense of public entities, and
19 WHEREAS, public entities have in the past paid high
20 insurance premiums to the insurance industry for protection for
21 workers' compensation liabilities; and
22 WHEREAS, the premiums paid over the years to the insurance
23 industry were paid with the understanding and assurance that all
24 workers' compensation liabilities accruing to the employer during
25 that period would be covered and indemnified; and
26 WHEREAS, neither of the aforesaid bills contained any
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28 rapid expansion of the scope of liability in the area of workers'
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II WHE:REAS, the said bills merely transfer an existent burden ,
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Ii NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
Ii COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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II san Bernardino do hereby oppose the passage and adoption of
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"Assembly Bill No. 155 and Senate Bill No. 555.
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SECTION 1.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of
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SECTION 2.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of
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II San Bernardino herewith authorize and direct the City Clerk of the
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il City of San Bernardino to transmit by the most expeditious means
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II a copy of this Resolution to the appropriate committee members
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II before which this subject matter is heard and to our local
Ii legislative representatives.
II I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resol~tion was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the C~ty of San
Bernardino at ~ 7h'./~"'--t/ ~.I..--1./ meeting thereof, held
on the ,;z~y day of fP??!, 1977, by the following
vote, to wit: "
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Councilmen
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ABSENT:
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The foregoing resolution is h~r,~-. apJ21;Qved,:, .:<5'!! day
~?77 ' 1977.
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