2018 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 40 INSURANCE
Article 48 AMUSEMENT RIDES
40-4802 Same; financial responsibility requirements.
40-4802. Same; financial responsibility requirements. No amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity shall be operated in this state unless at the time of operation the owner has in effect an insurance policy insuring the owner and operator against liability for bodily injury to persons arising out of the operation of the amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity. The insurance policy shall be written by an insurance company doing business in Kansas, or by a surplus lines insurer. Such insurance policy shall:
(a) (1) For an owner or operator of an amusement ride, provide for coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence with a $2,000,000 annual aggregate, except that this requirement shall be satisfied if the owner of such amusement ride is the state or any subdivision of the state and such owner self-insures, or participates in a public entity self-insurance pool in accordance with K.S.A. 75-6111, and amendments thereto; or
(2) for an owner or operator of an antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity, provide for coverage in an amount not less than $750,000 per occurrence with a $1,000,000 annual aggregate; and
(b) name as an additional insured any person contracting with the owner for the operation of the amusement ride, antique amusement ride, limited-use amusement ride or registered agritourism activity.
History: L. 2000, ch. 147, § 55; L. 2005, ch. 77, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 103, § 5; L. 2018, ch. 84, § 3; May 17.
