§ 517A.1 — Authority to purchase

Iowa § 517A.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 517A: LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

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1. All state commissions, departments, boards, and agencies and all commissions,
departments, boards, districts, municipal corporations, and agencies of all political
subdivisions of the state of Iowa not otherwise authorized are hereby authorized and
empowered to purchase and pay the premiums on liability, personal injury, and property
damage insurance covering all officers, proprietary functions, and employees of such public
bodies, including volunteer fire fighters, while in the performance of any or all of their
duties including operating an automobile, truck, tractor, machinery, or other vehicles owned
or used by said public bodies, which insurance shall insure, cover, and protect against
individual personal, corporate, or quasi corporate liability that said bodies or their officers
or employees may incur.
2. The form and liability limits of any such liability insurance policy purchased by any
commission, department, board, oragencyofthestateofIowashallbesubjecttotheapproval
of the attorney general.

Legislative History

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §517A.1]