Idaho Code § 38-104A
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38-104A NONPROFIT TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS — RESTRICTIONS ON LIABILITY.
Official statutory text
38-104A. Nonprofit timber protective associations — Restrictions on liability. (1) "Nonprofit timber protective association" means a nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit unincorporated association, that has entered into a contract for the detection, prevention or suppression of forest and range fires with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho pursuant to title 38, Idaho Code.
(2) A nonprofit timber protective association and its employees, while acting within the scope of their employment, and while performing a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, without malice or criminal intent, shall not be liable for any claim for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage or other loss that arises out of an act or omission of an employee based upon the exercise or performance, or the failure to exercise or perform, a discretionary function or duty on the part of the nonprofit timber protective association or its employee, whether or not the discretion is abused.
(3) A nonprofit timber protective association and its employees, while acting within the scope of their employment, and while performing a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, shall not be liable for punitive damages on any claim for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage or other loss.
(4) The combined aggregate liability of a nonprofit timber protective association and its employees for damages, costs and attorney's fees for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss as a result of any one (1) accident, arising out of the performance of a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, regardless of the number of persons injured, the number of claimants, or the number of properties damaged, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), unless the nonprofit timber protective association has valid and collectible liability insurance coverage in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), in which event the combined aggregate liability shall be the remaining available proceeds of such insurance.
History:
[38-104A, added 2006, ch. 153, sec. 1, p. 468.]
(2) A nonprofit timber protective association and its employees, while acting within the scope of their employment, and while performing a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, without malice or criminal intent, shall not be liable for any claim for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage or other loss that arises out of an act or omission of an employee based upon the exercise or performance, or the failure to exercise or perform, a discretionary function or duty on the part of the nonprofit timber protective association or its employee, whether or not the discretion is abused.
(3) A nonprofit timber protective association and its employees, while acting within the scope of their employment, and while performing a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, shall not be liable for punitive damages on any claim for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage or other loss.
(4) The combined aggregate liability of a nonprofit timber protective association and its employees for damages, costs and attorney's fees for bodily or personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss as a result of any one (1) accident, arising out of the performance of a contract with the state of Idaho or any agency of the state of Idaho, regardless of the number of persons injured, the number of claimants, or the number of properties damaged, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), unless the nonprofit timber protective association has valid and collectible liability insurance coverage in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), in which event the combined aggregate liability shall be the remaining available proceeds of such insurance.
History:
[38-104A, added 2006, ch. 153, sec. 1, p. 468.]
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