Section 16-27-7 Vehicle Liability Insurance for Employees Required to Transport Pupils

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Alabama Code › Title 16 › Chapter 27 › Section 16-27-7

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(a) The State Board of Education, each governing board of Alabama’s public senior universities and each city and county board of education shall provide vehicle liability insurance for bus drivers or any other employee who is required to transport pupils. Said vehicle liability insurance shall cover personal liabilities for bus drivers or any other employee who is required to transport pupils. Said liability insurance shall be applicable to moving vehicular accidents only.

(b) School boards and other agencies covered by this section shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section by either purchasing a liability insurance policy naming drivers as insureds, or if the employing board elects not to purchase a policy, by reimbursing individual employees for amounts necessary to add “drive other car broad form liability” riders to their individual vehicle liability insurance policies, to the limits specified by the employing board or agency.

(c) The provisions of this section shall also apply to the Alabama Department of Youth Services and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.

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