Section 6.45. Liability insurance for new and established rail crossings.

 

(1)  A snowmobile organization shall maintain in effect liability insurance to indemnify the applicable rail authority for damages resulting from the design, construction, maintenance, existence or use of an established snowmobile rail crossing or a snowmobile rail crossing for which a permit has been issued by the department.

(2)  The snowmobile organization need not maintain liability insurance to indemnify the rail authority for injuries sustained by a person engaged in a recreational activity if the rail authority would be immune from liability for those injuries under s. 895.52 , Stats.

(3)  The snowmobile organization shall designate the applicable rail authority as a named insured on the insurance policy. Any liability insurance that is required for the purpose of indemnifying a rail authority that is a rail transit body shall also indemnify the owners and operators of any railroad using the tracks of the rail transit body.

(4)  Regardless of the number of established or permitted rail crossings that a snowmobile organization maintains, the amount of the liability insurance that is required to be maintained shall be at least $2,000,000 for each snowmobile organization.

(5)  A snowmobile organization shall furnish an insurance certification form with an attached proof of insurance to the department and the applicable rail authority annually commencing on December 1, 2001 and by December 1 of each following year.

History: CR 02-044 : cr. Register November 2002 No. 563 , eff. 12-1-02.

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Copies of the insurance certification form are available at the Regional Department of Natural Resources Offices. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1