| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.142 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFALKNER. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0369H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection537.610,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe |
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| 8 | 8 | | purchasingofliabilityinsurancefortortclaimsmadeagainstpublicentities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section537.610,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection537.610,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 537.610.1.Thecommissionerofadministration,throughthepurchasingdivision, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2andthegoverningbodyofeachpoliticalsubdivisionofthisstate,notwithstandinganyother |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3provisionoflaw,maypurchaseliabilityinsurancefortortclaims,madeagainstthestateorthe |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4politicalsubdivision,butthemaximumamountofsuchcoverageshallnotexceedtwomillion |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5dollarsforallclaimsarisingoutofasingleoccurrenceandshallnotexceedthreehundred |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6thousanddollarsforanyonepersoninasingleaccidentoroccurrence,exceptforthoseclaims |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7governedbytheprovisionsoftheMissouriworkers'compensationlaw,chapter287,andno |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8amountinexcessoftheabovelimitsshallbeawardedorsettledupon.Sovereignimmunity |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9forthestateofMissourianditspoliticalsubdivisionsiswaivedonlytothemaximumamount |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10ofandonlyforthepurposescoveredbysuchpolicyofinsurancepurchasedpursuanttothe |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11provisionsofthissectionandinsuchamountandforsuchpurposesprovidedinanyself- |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12insuranceplandulyadoptedbythegoverningbodyofanypoliticalsubdivisionofthestate. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13Forpurposesofthissection,theterm"purchase"refersonlytothedirectacquisitionby |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14agoverningbodyofapoliticalsubdivisionofthisstateofinsurancecoveragefroman |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15insurancecompanyorotherbusinessentityanddoesnotincludeanyindirectactionby |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16contractorotherwiseincluding,butnotlimitedto,requiringadditionalcoverageor |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17insuredstatusundertheinsurancepolicyofanotherpersonorentity. |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 2.Theliabilityofthestateanditspublicentitiesonclaimswithinthescopeof |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19sections537.600to537.650,shallnotexceedtwomilliondollarsforallclaimsarisingoutof |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20asingleaccidentoroccurrenceandshallnotexceedthreehundredthousanddollarsforany |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21onepersoninasingleaccidentoroccurrence,exceptforthoseclaimsgovernedbythe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22provisionsoftheMissouriworkers'compensationlaw,chapter287. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 3.Noawardfordamagesonanyclaimagainstapublicentitywithinthescopeof |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24sections537.600to537.650,shallincludepunitiveorexemplarydamages. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 4.Iftheamountawardedtoorsettleduponmultipleclaimantsexceedstwomillion |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26dollars,anypartymayapplytoanycircuitcourttoapportiontoeachclaimanthisproper |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27shareofthetotalamountlimitedbysubsection1ofthissection.Theshareapportionedeach |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28claimantshallbeintheproportionthattheratiooftheawardorsettlementmadetohimbears |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29totheaggregateawardsandsettlementsforallclaimsarisingoutoftheaccidentor |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30occurrence,buttheshareshallnotexceedthreehundredthousanddollars. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 5.Thelimitationonawardsforliabilityprovidedforinthissectionshallbeincreased |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32ordecreasedonanannualbasiseffectiveJanuaryfirstofeachyearinaccordancewiththe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33ImplicitPriceDeflatorforPersonalConsumptionExpendituresaspublishedbytheBureauof |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34EconomicAnalysisoftheUnitedStatesDepartmentofCommerce.Thecurrentvalueofthe |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35limitationshallbecalculatedbythedirectorofthedepartmentofcommerceandinsurance, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36whoshallfurnishthatvaluetothesecretaryofstate,whoshallpublishsuchvalueinthe |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37MissouriRegisterassoonaftereachJanuaryfirstaspracticable,butitshallotherwisebe |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38exemptfromtheprovisionsofsection536.021. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 6.Anyclaimfiledagainstanypublicentityunderthissectionshallbesubjecttothe |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40penaltiesprovidedbysupremecourtrule55.03,oranysuccessorrule. |
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| 53 | 53 | | âś” |
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| 54 | 54 | | HB142 2 |
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