{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-157.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-157.1","heading":"Insurance on Department of Transportation, Board of","body":"Agriculture and Department of Human Services vehicles – Kinds and\n\namounts.\n\nThe Department of Transportation, the Board of Agriculture, and\n\nthe Department of Human Services of the state are hereby authorized\n\nto carry insurance on vehicles, motorized machinery, or equipment\n\nowned and operated by the Department of Transportation, the Board of\n\nAgriculture, and the Department of Human Services, such insurance to\n\nbe of the following kinds and in amounts not exceeding the\n\nfollowing:\n\n1. Bodily injury liability, One Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($100,000.00) each person, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($300,000.00) each accident;\n\n2. Property damage liability, Fifty Thousand Dollars\n\n($50,000.00) each accident; and\n\n3. Medical and hospital insurance, Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00).\n\nSuch insurance shall be on standard policy forms approved by the\n\nState Insurance Commissioner and with companies authorized to do\n\nbusiness in Oklahoma, and shall be paid for out of administrative\n\nfunds of such departments. Such insurance may cover not only the\n\ndepartment or state agency purchasing the insurance but also the\n\npersonal liability of the operator. The ownership, maintenance,\n\noperation and use of motor vehicles and motorized movable equipment\n\nowned, leased, used or operated by such departments or state\n\nagencies named in this section is hereby declared to be a public\n\ngovernmental function. An action for damages may be brought against\n\nsuch department or state agency, but the governmental immunity of\n\nsuch department or state agency shall be waived only to the extent\n\nof the amount of insurance purchased. Such department or state\n\nagency shall be liable for negligence only while such insurance is\n\nin force, but in no case in any amount exceeding the limits of\n\ncoverage of any such insurance policy. No attempt shall be made in\n\nthe trial of any action brought against any such department or state\n\nagency to suggest the existence of any insurance which covers in\n\nwhole or in part any judgment or award which may be rendered in\n\nfavor of the plaintiff, and if the verdict rendered by the jury\n\nexceeds the limits of the applicable insurance, the court shall\n\nreduce the amount of said judgment or award to a sum equal to the\n\napplicable limits stated in the policy. To the extent that the\n\ninsurer has provided indemnity in the contract of insurance to a\n\ndepartment or state agency described in this section, the said\n\ninsurer may not plead as a defense in any action involving insurance\n\npurchased by the authority of this section, the governmental\n\nimmunity of either the state or of any department or agency thereof\n\npurchasing insurance pursuant to this section. Venue of all actions\n\nprovided for herein shall be in the county of the residence of the\n\nplaintiff or where the cause of action arose, but summons may be\n\nserved upon the director, head or governing board or body of the\n\ndepartment or state agency being sued and alleged to come within the\n\npurview of this section, wherever that person may be found. Such\n\npolicies shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State as a\n\npublic record.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6cd2ea72a232f9e2d7f52c09c0d53922dce5458c71e1809c9809a7fc3be8e850","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-156.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-157.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}