Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8116

  • Governmental entity: means and includes the State and political subdivisions as defined in subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Political subdivision: means any city, town, plantation, county, administrative entity or instrumentality created pursuant to Title 30?A, chapters 115 and 119, incorporated fire-fighting unit that is organized under Title 13?B and is officially recognized by any authority created by statute, quasi-municipal corporation and special purpose district, including, but not limited to, any water district, sanitary district, hospital district, school district of any type, an airport authority established pursuant to Title 6, chapter 10, any volunteer fire association as defined in Title 30?A, section 3151, a transit district as defined in Title 30?A, section 3501, subsection 1, a regional transportation corporation as defined in Title 30?A, section 3501, subsection 2, a transit district or regional transportation corporation formed under the laws of another state that would qualify as a transit district or regional transportation corporation under Title 30?A, chapter 163 if formed under the laws of this State, any emergency medical service and a mutual aid emergency response employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102
  • State: means the State of Maine or any office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital or other instrumentality of the State, including the Maine Turnpike Authority, the Maine Port Authority, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, the Maine Community College System, the Maine Veterans' Homes, the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, the Maine Military Authority and all such other state entities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102
The legislative or executive body or any department of the State or any political subdivision may procure insurance against liability for any claim against it or its employees for which immunity is waived under this chapter or under any other law. If the insurance provides protection in excess of the limit of liability imposed by section 8105, then the limits provided in the insurance policy shall replace the limit imposed by section 8105. If the insurance provides coverage in areas where the governmental entity is immune, the governmental entity shall be liable in those substantive areas but only to the limits of the insurance coverage. Reserve funds, excess insurance or reinsurance contracts maintained by a governmental entity, by an insurer providing liability insurance or by a public self-funded pool to meet obligations imposed by this Act shall not increase the limits of liability imposed by section 8105. [PL 1987, c. 740, §15 (AMD).]
A governmental entity or a public self-funded pool, which self-insures against the obligations and liabilities imposed by this Act, shall designate funds set aside to meet such obligations and liabilities as self-insurance funds. Any such governmental entity which self-insures under this Act or any entity that is a member of a public self-funded pool shall maintain as part of its public records a written statement which shall include a provision setting forth the financial limits of liability assumed by the governmental entity, those limits to be no less than the limits imposed in this Act, and a provision setting forth the scope of the liability assumed by the governmental entity, or the pool, that scope to be no less than that imposed in this Act. [PL 1985, c. 713, §2 (AMD).]
A governmental entity may purchase insurance or may self-insure on behalf of its employees to insure them against any personal liability for which a governmental entity is obligated or entitled to provide defense or indemnity under section 8112. [PL 1987, c. 740, §16 (RPR).]
Any insurance purchased by the State under this section must be purchased through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Risk Management Division.
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1977, c. 2, §§2,5 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 578, §§5,5-A (AMD). PL 1977, c. 591, §6 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 68, §5 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 602, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 599, §3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 713, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 740, §§15,16,17 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. A, §37 (AMD).