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GA HB1010
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/17/2014
Primary Sponsor
Barry Fleming
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AI Summary
- Municipal corporations in Georgia are granted sovereign immunity from liability for damages to the same extent that counties are immune, aligning city and county immunity standards under Code Section 36-33-1
- Purchasing liability insurance does not waive a municipal corporation's sovereign immunity, except as provided in Code Sections 33-24-51 or 36-92-2, or unless the policy covers an occurrence where sovereign immunity applies, limited to the policy's coverage amount
- Municipal corporations remain not liable for failures or errors in performing legislative or judicial powers, but are liable for negligent or unskillful performance of ministerial duties to the same extent as counties
- Removes the prior provision that exempted litigation pending as of July 1, 1986, from the immunity rules
- Effective July 1, 2014, applying only to causes of action arising on or after that date
Legislative Description
Local government; immunity of municipal corporations; revise provisions
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/25/2014
Full Bill Text
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