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Mutual Aid Agreement- Burglary Apprehension and Vehicle Crimes Unit Task Force 6.3 A political subdivision that furnishes equipment pursuant to this Agreement must bear the cost of loss or damage to that equipment and must pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 6.4 The Assisting Agency will pay the salary, benefits, overtime and other compensation to its Officers assigned to the task force, including any amounts paid or due for compensation due to personal injury or death while such Officer is engaged in rendering such assistance. 6.5 The privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and rules, and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, worker's compensation, salary, death and other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee of an agency when performing the employee's duties within the territorial limits of the employee's agency apply to the employee to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of the employee's duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, and reserve employees. SECTION 7: FORFEITURE 7.1 The Assisting Agency in whose jurisdiction property is seized will maintain the seized property and determine whether there is a good -faith basis to initiate forfeiture proceedings related to property seized by it in the course of the task force investigations relating to this Agreement. 7.2 In cases of overlapping jurisdiction between a County Assisting Agency and a Municipality Assisting Agency, the municipality shall be responsible for any forfeiture of seized property in accordance with Section 7.1, unless otherwise agreed to by the municipality and the county. 7.3 It is recognized that during the course of the operation of this Agreement, property subject to forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, Section 932.701, et. seq., Florida Statutes, may be seized. Any such property seized, and if forfeited and awarded, shall be equitably distributed among the participating agencies in proportion to the amount of investigation and participation performed by each agency, less the costs associated with the forfeiture action. The agency pursuing the forfeiture action shall have the exclusive right to control and the responsibility to maintain the property including, but not limited to, the complete discretion to bring the action, to dismiss the action, or to settle, pursuant to the provision of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act. SECTION 8: INSURANCE 8.1 Each party shall provide satisfactory proof of liability insurance by one or more of the means specified in Section 768.28(16), Florida Statutes, in an amount which is, in the judgment of the governing body of that party, at least adequate to cover the risk to which that party may be exposed. Should the insurance coverage, however provided, 4 62