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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 33.15.04.06" title_num="33" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="04" heading="Insurance Coverage — General.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Liability Insurance. Each local board or county government shall maintain liability insurance on the storage facility.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Minimum Coverage.  The minimum liability insurance coverage on the storage facility shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>$1,000,000 per occurrence; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>$2,000,000 in the aggregate.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The State Board and designated personnel shall be named as “additional insured” parties to the liability insurance policy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Property Insurance.  Each local board or county government shall maintain property insurance for equipment in the control of the local board.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Minimum Coverage. The minimum property insurance coverage shall be the amount necessary to cover the total loss of all equipment in the control of the local board of elections.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Determination of Coverage. Coverage shall be determined by the replacement values for the designated equipment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Loss Payees. The State of Maryland and the State Board of Elections shall be included as loss payees under the property insurance policy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Premiums and Deductibles. A local board or county government shall be responsible for all premiums, deductibles, or retentions associated with any insurance obtained.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Proof of Insurance. A local board shall provide proof to the State Board that it complied with §§A and B of this regulation for all times any voting system equipment is in the custody of the local board. The local board shall provide proof:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At the beginning of each fiscal year, and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the form of a current certificate of insurance or similar documentation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>