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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VII. Public Property and Public Printing § 56.120.Payment for damages

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1)(a) When the amount of damage has been determined, the State Treasurer shall debit the account of the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund by that amount and credit with an equal amount the account of the agency that has control or custody of the property damaged, and upon warrant from the cabinet, the State Treasurer shall pay to the agency the amount so credited to it, for the purpose of repairing the damage or reconstructing or replacing the damaged or destroyed property.

(b) If the agency deems it impracticable or undesirable to use the money for repair, reconstruction, or replacement of the property damaged or destroyed, it may, with the approval of the cabinet, and subject to the provisions of KRS 56.491, expend said funds for the acquisition, repair, construction, or reconstruction of property similar to the property damaged or destroyed.

(2) On and after March 31, 2025, until June 30, 2030, a debit, credit, or payment made on account of the damage to any one (1) subject of risk, by any one (1) loss, shall not be in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), unless the Office of the Controller in the cabinet has effected reinsurance upon that risk to limit the liability of the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund to ten million dollars ($10,000,000), and unless the excess over this amount has actually been paid into the fund by the reinsuring company or companies.

(3) On and after July 1, 2030, a debit, credit, or payment made on account of the damage to any one (1) subject of risk, by any one (1) loss, shall not be in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000), unless the Office of the Controller in the cabinet has effected reinsurance upon that risk to limit the liability of the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund to one million dollars ($1,000,000), and unless the excess over this amount has actually been paid into the fund by the reinsuring company or companies.

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