{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.58i","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.58I","heading":"Conservation districts - Participation in the Risk","body":"Management Program.\n\nA. The Risk Management Administrator may obtain or provide the\n\ninsurance coverage specified by this section for conservation\n\ndistricts established pursuant to Article III of Title 27A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. Pursuant to the provisions of this section and\n\nSection 85.34 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Risk\n\nManagement Administrator may obtain or provide:\n\n1. Property and casualty insurance for any vehicle, vessel or\n\naircraft owned or operated by the conservation districts or services\n\nprovided by conservation districts;\n\n2. Indemnity coverage for any board member, official, employee\n\nor volunteer of any conservation district for any errors and\n\nomissions or liability risks arising from the performance of their\n\nofficial duties pursuant to law. Any limited indemnity coverage\n\nprovided for errors and omissions pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsubsection shall only cover errors or omissions made by a board\n\nmember, official, employee or volunteer of a conservation district\n\noccurring after the effective date of this section;\n\n3. Property and casualty insurance coverage for any building\n\nowned or leased by the conservation districts. If a conservation\n\ndistrict is housed in a building with any department or unit of\n\nlocal governmental entities, the Risk Management Administrator may\n\nalso obtain or provide building or structure insurance coverage for\n\nsuch department or unit in the building;\n\n4. Property and casualty insurance for any liability incurred\n\nby a conservation district as a result of the participation of the\n\nconservation district in the operation and maintenance of flood\n\ncontrol structures or any liability occurring as a result of the\n\nparticipation of the conservation districts in federal or state\n\nprograms authorized pursuant to Article III of Title 27A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes; or\n\n5. Indemnity insurance for liability for loss, including\n\njudgments, awards, settlements, costs and legal expenses, resulting\n\nfrom violations of rights or privileges secured by the Constitution\n\nor laws of the United States which occur while a director, officer,\n\nemployee or member is acting within the scope of his service to the\n\nconservation district. Such indemnity insurance shall be for\n\ncoverage in excess of the limits on liability established by the\n\nGovernmental Tort Claims Act but shall not limit or waive any\n\nimmunities now or hereafter available to the conservation district,\n\nor any director, officer, employee or member thereof, including, but\n\nnot limited to, any immunities under the Eleventh Amendment to the\n\nConstitution of the United States, state sovereign immunity, and any\n\nabsolute or qualified immunity held by any director, officer,\n\nemployee or member.\n\nB. The Risk Management Administrator is authorized to determine\n\neligibility criteria for participation in the Risk Management\n\nProgram by conservation districts, or for such member, officer,\n\nemployee or volunteer of any conservation district. In addition,\n\nthe Risk Management Administrator is authorized to establish\n\nequipment and safety standards for the vehicles, vessels, aircraft,\n\nbuildings or other structures to be covered by the Risk Management\n\nProgram.\n\nC. Requests for the insurance or indemnity coverage provided\n\npursuant to the provisions of this section shall be submitted in\n\nwriting to the Risk Management Administrator by the conservation\n\ndistrict. Those conservation districts meeting eligibility criteria\n\nshall be approved for participation in the Risk Management Program\n\nby the Risk Management Administrator if the member, officer,\n\nemployee or volunteer, and the vehicles, vessels, aircraft and\n\nbuildings used by the conservation districts meet the equipment and\n\nsafety standards and eligibility requirements established by the\n\nRisk Management Administrator. The Risk Management Administrator\nteria\n\nshall be approved for participation in the Risk Management Program\n\nby the Risk Management Administrator if the member, officer,\n\nemployee or volunteer, and the vehicles, vessels, aircraft and\n\nbuildings used by the conservation districts meet the equipment and\n\nsafety standards and eligibility requirements established by the\n\nRisk Management Administrator. The Risk Management Administrator\n\nshall establish liability limits for the insurance coverage\n\nauthorized by this section on an annual basis. Any such limits\n\nshall be based on the liquidity of the shared risk pool in the\n\nConservation District Protection Account resulting from the annual\n\npayments made pursuant to Section 85.37 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes and any interest accrued thereon, after deduction of such\n\nsums as may be necessary to pay all overhead and administrative\n\nexpenses associated with administering the pool.\n\nD. The conservation districts shall be required to make\n\npayments for such insurance coverage. All fees collected in\n\naccordance with the provisions of this section shall be deposited in\n\nthe Conservation District Protection Account within the Risk\n\nManagement Political Subdivision Participation Revolving Fund.\n\nE. 1. Any insurance or indemnity coverage shall be provided\n\nsolely from funds in the Conservation District Protection Account\n\nand to the extent of assets available in the shared risk pool\n\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this act.\n\nThe Risk Management Administrator shall determine the extent of\n\nindemnification for losses incurred by any conservation district\n\nbased upon the liquidity of the shared risk pool in the Conservation\n\nDistrict Protection Account.\n\n2. The State of Oklahoma is not liable, directly or indirectly,\n\nfor any liability incurred by any board member, official, employee\n\nor volunteer of any conservation district in the performance of his\n\nofficial duties pursuant to law. In addition, the State of Oklahoma\n\nis not liable, directly or indirectly, for any liability incurred by\n\na conservation district established pursuant to Article III of Title\n\n27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nF. Any insurance coverage obtained or provided pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this section shall include expenses for legal services\n\nobtained or provided by the Risk Management Administrator.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6362736ec6f1226ba5e6b305b5e1cf98480ecdf9d919301b2f861e6b881ed96e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.58h","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.58j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}