2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 44 - CLAIMS UPON THE TREASURY 44.055 Insuring state vehicles -- Blanket liability policy -- Effect on sovereign immunity -- Eligibility of insurers.
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44.055 Insuring state vehicles -- Blanket liability policy -- Effect on sovereign
immunity -- Eligibility of insurers.
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Any state agency, as defined in KRS Chapter 12, may in its discretion, for the
protection of the public and its employees, expend state funds to purchase
policies of insurance of all kinds deemed advisable covering vehicles, including
boats, owned by the state and operated by state employees when in the
conduct of official business. The executive director of insurance, upon
recommendation of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet,
shall initiate and be responsible for the purchase of a blanket liability insurance
policy to cover the officers and employees of the several state agencies and
shall determine, by administrative regulation, the policy limits that shall be
applicable to the persons covered in each such affected agency not to exceed
the limit prescribed in KRS 44.070.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign
immunity and claims against the Commonwealth, its agencies, officers,
employees, or insurers may be asserted only in the manner set forth in KRS
44.070 to 44.160.
Policies authorized by this section shall be purchased only from insurers
authorized to do business in this state and shall be countersigned by a licensed
resident agent.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History:Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 1. -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 125,
sec. 1.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85,
95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory
references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005
legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a
correction has been made in this section.
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