11-261. Authority to procure liability and
errors and omissions insurance covering officers, agents and
employees
A. Counties may expend public funds to procure liability insurance covering their
officers, agents, and employees while engaged in governmental or proprietary capacities.
B. Counties may expend public funds to procure errors and omissions insurance
covering those county officers, agents and employees subject to the provisions of
sections 11-449, 11-477 or 11-543.
C. A county may elect to self insure and may as a part of a plan of self insurance,
bind itself to its officers, agents and employees, to defend them and hold them harmless
against the claims of third persons arising out of acts and omissions committed while
acting in the capacity of an officer, agent or employee of the county.
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