CHAPTER 517A
LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Referred to in §87.4, 296.7, 331.301, 364.4, 505.28, 505.29, 669.14, 670.7

See chapter 669 for tort liability of state
See chapter 670 for tort liability of governmental subdivisions

  
     
517A.1  Authority to purchase.
  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.
  The form and liability limits of any such liability insurance policy purchased by any commission, department, board, or agency of the state of Iowa shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §517A.1]