Municipalities with populations over seventy thousand (70,000) citizens are specifically authorized to provide workers' compensation coverage for their officials and employees through either private carriers or by self-funding on either a statewide or an individual basis.Acts 1986 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 22, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1368; Acts 1999, No. 1179, § 13.
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