44039.5. No contract with any insurer or other employee welfare benefit provider shall be approved or renewed if an administrative employee of a school district, as defined pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33150, or any employee organization, as defined pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 3540.1 of the Government Code, or any employee or agent thereof, has a direct financial interest in any plan or program which is being approved or renewed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee welfare benefit fund jointly administered by one or more employers and one or more employee organizations or to any employee welfare benefit fund established by the school district for the purpose of self insuring.
As used in this section, “direct financial interest” means the receipt of or entitlement to a commission, fee, or other remuneration, including the payment of fees for administrative services rendered on behalf of such plans.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 433.)
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