<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>39B.090 Liability for loss or damage to equipment used -- Reimbursement of <br>compensation and expenses of employees. <br>(1) The city, county, urban-county government or charter county government, in which <br>any equipment is used pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any loss or damage <br>thereto and shall pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance <br>thereof. No claim for loss, damage, or expense shall be allowed unless, within sixty <br>(60) days after it is sustained or incurred, an itemized written notice of the claim <br>under oath is served by mail or otherwise upon the chief fiscal officer of the county, <br>urban-county, charter county, or city where the equipment was used. The county, <br>urban-county, charter county, or city which is aided pursuant to this chapter shall <br>also reimburse the county, urban-county, charter county, or city furnishing the aid <br>for the compensation paid to employees furnished under this chapter during the time <br>of the rendition of the aid, and shall defray the actual traveling and maintenance <br>expenses of the employees while they are rendering the aid. Reimbursement shall <br>include any amounts paid or due to compensation due to personal injury or death <br>while employees are engaged in rendering aid. The term "employee" as used in this <br>section shall mean, and the provisions of the section shall apply with equal effect to, <br>paid, volunteer, or auxiliary employees, and other local emergency management <br>agency or disaster and emergency response workers. <br>(2) The rights, privileges, and obligations set out in this section shall also apply if aid is <br>rendered outside the Commonwealth. Payment or reimbursement in this case shall <br>be made by the state or political subdivision receiving the aid pursuant to a <br>reciprocal mutual aid agreement or compact with another state or by the federal <br>government. <br>Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 37, effective July 15, 1998. <br><br>