2015 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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