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Senate Bill No. 678

(By Senator Unger)

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[Introduced February 15, 2008; referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-12-5c, relating to authorizing the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management to provide insurance to county and regional airport authorities and municipal airports.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-12-5c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. STATE INSURANCE.

§29-12-5c. Liability insurance for county airport authorities.

(a) In accordance with the provisions of this article, the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management shall provide appropriate professional or other liability insurance for all county airport authorities: Provided, That the Board of Risk and Insurance Management is not required to provide insurance for every property, activity or responsibility of county airport authorities.
(b) Insurance provided by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall cover claims, demands, actions, suits or judgments by reason of alleged negligence or other acts resulting in bodily injury or property damage to any person within or without any county and regional airport authorities and municipal airports if, at the time of the alleged injury, the employee or officer of the county airport authority was acting in the discharge of his or her duties, within the scope of his or her office, position or employment, under the direction of the county airport authority.
(c) Insurance coverage provided by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be in an amount to be determined by the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management, but in no event less than one million dollars for each occurrence. In addition, each county and regional airport authority and municipal airport may purchase, through the Board of Risk and Insurance Management, excess coverage of at least five million dollars for each occurrence. The cost of this excess coverage will be paid by the respective county or regional and municipal airport. Any insurance purchased under this section shall be obtained from a company licensed to do business in this state.
(d) The insurance policy provided by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include comprehensive coverage, personal injury coverage, malpractice coverage, corporal punishment coverage, legal liability coverage as well as a provision for the payment of the cost of attorney's fees in connection with any claim, demand, action, suit or judgment arising from such alleged negligence or other act resulting in bodily injury under the conditions specified in this section.
(e) The county and regional airport authorities and municipal airports or their officers and employees shall be defended by an insurer in the case of suit, unless the act or omission was not within the course or scope of employment or official responsibility or was motivated by malicious or criminal intent.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
authorize the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management to provide insurance to county and regional airport authorities and municipal airports.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.




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