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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 901 By: Green
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Office of Management and
7 Enterprise Services; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section
8 85.58B, which relates to the Risk Management Program;
8 updating statutory language; prohibiting Office of
9 Management and Enterprise Services from promoting or
9 marketing certain insurance products; and providing
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 85.58B, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 85.58B. A. The Risk Management Administrator, pursuant
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16 to the provisions of this section and Section 85.34 of this title,
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17 may obtain or provide insurance coverage for any vehicle, vessel or
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18 aircraft used for or in fire fighting firefighting or services
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19 provided by the districts, departments and services specified in
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20 subsection D of this section and may obtain or provide indemnity
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21 coverage for any board member, official, employee or volunteer of
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22 any entity specified in subsection D of this section for any errors
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23 and omissions or liability risks arising from the performance of
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24 their official duties pursuant to law.
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1 B. The Risk Management Administrator, pursuant to the
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2 provisions of this section and Section 85.34 of this title, may
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3 obtain or provide insurance coverage for any building used for or in
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4 fire fighting firefighting or services specified in subsection D of
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5 this section. If a fire department, district or service specified
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6 in subsection D of this section is housed in a building with any
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7 department or unit of local governmental entities, the Risk
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8 Management Administrator may also obtain or provide building or
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9 structure insurance coverage for such department or unit in such
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10 building.
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11 C. The Risk Management Administrator is authorized to determine
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12 eligibility criteria for participation in the Risk Management
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13 Program by such districts, departments and services or for such
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14 member, officer, employee or volunteer. In addition, the Risk
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15 Management Administrator is authorized to establish equipment and
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16 safety standards for the vehicles, vessels, aircraft or buildings to
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17 be covered by the Risk Management Program.
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18 D. The Risk Management Administrator may obtain or provide the
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19 insurance coverage authorized by subsection A of this section for:
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20 1. Fire protection districts organized and operated pursuant to
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21 the provisions of Sections 901.1 through 901.29 of Title 19 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes;
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23 2. Volunteer or full-time fire departments established pursuant
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24 to Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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1 3. Municipal fire departments organized and operated pursuant
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2 to the provisions of Sections 29-101 through 29-108, and Sections
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3 29-201 through 29-205 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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4 4. Fire protection services established pursuant to the
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5 provisions of Section 351 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
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6 5. Rural fire coordinators employed by substate planning
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7 districts acting pursuant to rural fire defense programs.
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8 E. The governing authorities of such fire departments, fire
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9 protection districts and fire protection services shall be required
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10 to make payments for such insurance coverage as provided by Section
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11 85.37 of this title.
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12 F. Requests for the insurance or indemnity coverage provided
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13 pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be submitted in
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14 writing to the Risk Management Administrator by the fire
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15 departments, fire protection districts or fire protection services
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16 specified in subsection C of this section. Those fire departments,
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17 fire protection districts or fire protection services meeting
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18 eligibility criteria shall be approved for participation in the Risk
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19 Management Program by the Risk Management Administrator if the
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20 member, officer, employee or volunteer, and the vehicles, vessels,
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21 aircraft and buildings used by districts, services or departments
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22 meet the equipment and safety standards and eligibility requirements
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23 established by the Risk Management Administrator.
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1 G. Any insurance or indemnity coverage shall be obtained or
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2 provided solely from funds available in the shared risk pool
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3 authorized by Section 85.34B of this title. Any coverage limits
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4 shall be based on the liquidity of the shared risk pool resulting
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5 from the annual payments made pursuant to Section 85.37 of this
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6 title and any interest accrued thereon, after deduction of such sums
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7 as may be necessary to pay all overhead and administrative expenses
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8 associated with administering the pool.
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9 H. Any limited indemnity coverage provided for errors and
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10 omissions pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall only
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11 cover errors or omissions made by a board member, official, employee
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12 or volunteer of any entity specified in subsection C of this section
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13 occurring after the effective date of this act.
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14 I. The State of Oklahoma is not liable, directly or indirectly,
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15 for the errors and omissions of any board member, official, employee
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16 or volunteer of any entity specified in subsection C of this section
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17 in the performance of his official duties pursuant to law. The
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18 State of Oklahoma is not liable, directly or indirectly, for the
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19 negligence of any entity specified in subsection C of this section.
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20 J. In providing risk management services for any entity
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21 specified by subsection C of this section or any such board member,
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22 official, employee or volunteer of such entity, it is the intention
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23 of the Legislature to provide coverage solely to the extent of
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1 assets in the shared risk pool created by Section 85.34B of this
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3 K. Any liability insurance coverage obtained or provided shall
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4 include expenses for legal services obtained or provided by the Risk
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5 Management Administrator.
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6 L. Except as provided in this section, the Office of Management
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7 and Enterprise Services shall not promote or market other forms of
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8 insurance in conjunction with the Risk Management Program provisions
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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