(2) The department may procure or cause to be executed by a corporation authorized to do such business in the state, a liability policy of insurance, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, or an undertaking running in favor of the state, the department, the railroad company and their officers and such employees of such parties as the contracting parties may designate.
(3) The insurance, letter of credit or undertaking:
(a) Shall be acceptable to the contracting parties.
(b) Shall in any event indemnify, protect and hold harmless the railroad company, its officers and employees designated, the state, the department, its officers and employees designated, from all claims for damage occasioned by or in connection with the removal of snow from the highway and the casting of the snow upon the railroad tracks.
(c) May, if so provided, reimburse either or both of the contracting parties for loss, cost and expense incurred in connection with or resulting from such work.
(4) The department may pay out of the highway fund the premium for the insurance or for the fee for the letter of credit and the cost and expense incurred or sustained by the railroad company and the state incident to the snow removal. [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; 1991 c.331 §58; 1997 c.631 §466]
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