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ND HB1025

Bill

Status

Passed

4/30/2013

Primary Sponsor

Legislative Management

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Origin

House of Representatives

63rd Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Extends the filing deadline for property damage claims against counties and cities from one year to two years after use, damage, loss, or destruction is discovered, and similarly extends the state claims deadline to two years.

  • Clarifies that compensation for property is only available if property was commandeered or used under proper governmental authority during a declared disaster or emergency, and limits payment to actual damages not covered by insurance.

  • Extends immunity from civil liability to state, county, and city officials, disaster workers, federal employees on loan, and private persons providing emergency services if working under governmental direction and not engaged in willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith.

  • Exempts authorized disaster or emergency workers from professional, mechanical, or other skill licensing requirements while performing emergency duties.

  • Allows cities to create special assessment districts to recover costs of constructing, maintaining, and removing temporary emergency flood control protection devices and repairing equipment-related property damage, while exempting such districts from certain procedural requirements for regular special assessments.

Legislative Description

Liability and immunity during disaster responses and financing of repairs.

Last Action

Signed by Governor 04/29

4/30/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/8/2013

Full Bill Text

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