FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.101
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDAVIDSON.
0148H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection537.600,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
liabilityofprivatecontractors.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section537.600,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection537.600,toreadasfollows:
537.600.1.Suchsovereignorgovernmentaltortimmunityasexistedatcommonlaw
2inthisstatepriortoSeptember12,1977,excepttotheextentwaived,abrogatedormodified
3bystatutesineffectpriortothatdate,shallremaininfullforceandeffect;exceptthat,the
4immunityofthepublicentityfromliabilityandsuitforcompensatorydamagesfornegligent
5actsoromissionsisherebyexpresslywaivedinthefollowinginstances:
6 (1)Injuriesdirectlyresultingfromthenegligentactsoromissionsbypublic
7employeesarisingoutoftheoperationofmotorvehiclesormotorizedvehicleswithinthe
8courseoftheiremployment;
9 (2)Injuriescausedbytheconditionofapublicentity'spropertyiftheplaintiff
10establishesthatthepropertywasindangerousconditionatthetimeoftheinjury,thatthe
11injurydirectlyresultedfromthedangerouscondition,thatthedangerousconditioncreateda
12reasonablyforeseeableriskofharmofthekindofinjurywhichwasincurred,andthateithera
13negligentorwrongfulactoromissionofanemployeeofthepublicentitywithinthecourseof
14hisemploymentcreatedthedangerousconditionorapublicentityhadactualorconstructive
15noticeofthedangerousconditioninsufficienttimepriortotheinjurytohavetakenmeasures
16toprotectagainstthedangerouscondition.Inanyactionunderthissubdivisionwhereina
17plaintiffallegesthathewasdamagedbythenegligent,defectiveordangerousdesignofa
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18highwayorroad,whichwasdesignedandconstructedpriortoSeptember12,1977,thepublic
19entityshallbeentitledtoadefensewhichshallbeacompletebartorecoverywheneverthe
20publicentitycanprovebyapreponderanceoftheevidencethattheallegednegligent,
21defective,ordangerousdesignreasonablycompliedwithhighwayandroaddesignstandards
22generallyacceptedatthetimetheroadorhighwaywasdesignedandconstructed.
23 2.Theexpresswaiverofsovereignimmunityintheinstancesspecifiedin
24subdivisions(1)and(2)ofsubsection1ofthissectionareabsolutewaiversofsovereign
25immunityinallcaseswithinsuchsituationswhetherornotthepublicentitywasfunctioning
26inagovernmentalorproprietarycapacityandwhetherornotthepublicentityiscoveredbya
27liabilityinsurancefortort.
28 3.Theterm"publicentity"asusedinthissectionshallincludeanymultistate
29compactagencycreatedbyacompactformedbetweenthisstateandanyotherstatewhichhas
30beenapprovedbytheCongressoftheUnitedStates.
31 4.Whenactingwithinthescopeofagovernmentcontract,privatecontractorsof
32apublicentity,excludingthoseprivatecontractorsprovidedforinsection210.114,shall
33havesovereignorgovernmentaltortimmunitytothesameextentasapublicentity,
34includinganylimitationonawardsforliabilityprovidedforinsection537.610.
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