Purchase of motor vehicle liability insurance by state agencies; coverage, limitation

74-4707. Purchase of motor vehicle liability insurance by state agencies; coverage, limitation. Every state agency shall purchase motor vehicle liability insurance for the protection and benefit of the state agency and the officers, agents and employees of the state agency responsible for the operation of vehicles owned, operated, maintained or controlled by the agency, and of persons while riding in or upon, entering or alighting from such vehicles. The motor vehicle liability insurance policy so purchased shall provide coverage to a limit, exclusive of interests and costs, of not less than $25,000 because of bodily injury to, or death of, one person in any one accident and, subject to the limit for one person, to a limit of not less than $50,000 because of bodily injury to, or death of, two or more persons in any one accident, and, if the accident has resulted in injury to, or destruction of property to a limit of not less than $10,000 because of injury to, or destruction of, property of others in any one accident. The insurance purchased as provided for in this act shall be limited to the kinds of insurance hereinabove set out. As used in this act, the term "vehicle" shall include motor vehicles, vehicles and mobile equipment. History: L. 1963, ch. 411, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 318, § 1; April 15. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Governmental tort immunity, Lynn R. Johnson, 10 W.L.J. 59, 71 (1970). Statutory deviation from common law doctrine of governmental immunity for tort liability, John W. Johnson, 11 W.L.J. 310, 311 (1972). "Hospitals' Role and Responsibility in Health Care Delivery," Alan Rupe, Robert D. Steiger, 14 W.L.J. 580, 611 (1975). "Governmental Immunity: Despotic Mantle or Creature of Necessity," Philip A. Harley and Bruce Wasinger, 16 W.L.J. 13, 25, 40 (1976). "The Immunity Provisions in the Kansas Tort Claims Act: The First Twenty-Five Years," William E. Westerbeke, 52 K.L.R. 939 (2004). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Insurance protection held applicable to county welfare director operating a motor vehicle while in course of employment. Mott, Executor v. Mitchell, 209 Kan. 476, 480, 483, 484, 489, 496 P.2d 1297. 2. Statute compared to K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 74-4716 in governmental immunity case. Allen v. City of Ogden, 210 Kan. 136, 139, 499 P.2d 527. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026