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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 3287 By: Humphrey
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to officers; amending 51 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 155, which relates to The Oklahoma
42	42	Governmental Tort Claims Act; providing an exception
43	43	to certain liability exe mption; and providing an
44	44	effective date.
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 155 , is
52	52	amended to read as follows:
53	53	Section 155. The state or a political subdivision shall not be
54	54	liable if a loss or claim results from:
55	55	1. Legislative functions;
56	56	2. Judicial, quasi-judicial, or prosecutorial functions, other
57	57	than claims for wrongful criminal f elony conviction resulting in
58	58	imprisonment provided for in Section 154 of this title;
59	59	3. Execution or enforcement of the lawful orders of any court;
60	60	4. Adoption or enforcement of or failure to adopt or enforce a
61	61	law, whether valid or invalid, including, but not limited to, any
62	62	statute, charter provision, ordinance, resolution, rule, regul ation
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89	89	or written policy; provided, however, this provisio n shall not apply
90	90	to claims from correctional officers previously employed by the
91	91	Department of Corrections based on willful violations of the
92	92	policies and procedures of the Department by supervisors and wardens
93	93	of the Department;
94	94	5. Performance of or the failure to exercise or perform any act
95	95	or service which is in the discretion of the state or political
96	96	subdivision or its employees;
97	97	6. Civil disobedience, riot, insurrection or rebelli on or the
98	98	failure to provide, or the method of pro viding, police, law
99	99	enforcement or fire protection;
100	100	7. Any claim based on the theory of attractive nuisance;
101	101	8. Snow or ice conditions or temporary or natural con ditions on
102	102	any public way or other public place due to weather conditions,
103	103	unless the condition is affirmatively caused by the negligent act of
104	104	the state or a political subdivision;
105	105	9. Entry upon any property where that entry is e xpressly or
106	106	implied authorized by law;
107	107	10. Natural conditions of p roperty of the state or political
108	108	subdivision;
109	109	11. Assessment or collection of taxes or special assessments,
110	110	license or registration fees, or other fees or charges imposed by
111	111	law;
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138	138	12. Licensing powers or function s including, but not limited
139	139	to, the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of or failur e or
140	140	refusal to issue, deny, suspend or revoke any permit, license,
141	141	certificate, approval, order or similar authority;
142	142	13. Inspection powe rs or functions, includin g failure to make
143	143	an inspection, review or approval, or making an inadequate or
144	144	negligent inspection, review or approval of any property, real or
145	145	personal, to determine whether the property complies with or
146	146	violates any law or cont ains a hazard to health o r safety, or fails
147	147	to conform to a recogni zed standard;
148	148	14. Any loss to any person covered by any workers' compensation
149	149	act or any employer's liability act;
150	150	15. Absence, condition, location or malfunction of any traffic
151	151	or road sign, signal or warning de vice unless the absence,
152	152	condition, location or malfunction is not corrected by the state or
153	153	political subdivision responsible within a reasonable time after
154	154	actual or constructive notice or the removal or destruction of such
155	155	signs, signals or warning devi ces by third parties, action of
156	156	weather elements or as a result of traffic collision except on
157	157	failure of the state or political subdivision to correct the same
158	158	within a reasonable time after actual or constructive notice.
159	159	Nothing herein shall give rise t o liability arising from the failure
160	160	of the state or any political subdivision to initially place any of
161	161	the above signs, signals or warning devices. The signs, signals and
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188	188	warning devices referred to herein are those used in conn ection with
189	189	hazards normally connected with the use of roadways or public ways
190	190	and do not apply to the duty to warn o f special defects such as
191	191	excavations or roadway obstructions;
192	192	16. Any claim which is limited or barred by any other law;
193	193	17. Misrepresentation, if unintentional;
194	194	18. An act or omission of an independent contractor or
195	195	consultant or his or her employees, agents, subcontractors or
196	196	suppliers or of a person other than an employee of the state or
197	197	political subdivision at the time the act or omi ssion occurred;
198	198	19. Theft by a third person of money in the custod y of an
199	199	employee unless the loss was sustained bec ause of the negligence or
200	200	wrongful act or omission of the employee;
201	201	20. Participation in or practice for any interscholastic or
202	202	other athletic contest sponsored or conducted by or on the property
203	203	of the state or a political subdivision;
204	204	21. Participation in any activity approved by a local board of
205	205	education and held within a building or on the grounds of the school
206	206	district served by that local board of education before or after
207	207	normal school hours or on weekends;
208	208	22. Use of indoor or outdoor school pro perty and facilities
209	209	made available for public recreation before or after normal school
210	210	hours or on weekends or school vacations, except th ose claims
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237	237	resulting from willful and wanton acts of negligence. F or purposes
238	238	of this paragraph:
239	239	a. "public" includes, but is not limited to, students
240	240	during nonschool hours and school staff when not
241	241	working as employees of the school, and
242	242	b. "recreation" means any indoor or outd oor physical
243	243	activity, either organized or unorganized, undertaken
244	244	for exercise, relaxation, diversion, sport or
245	245	pleasure, and that is not otherwise covered by
246	246	paragraph 20 or 21 of this section;
247	247	23. Any court-ordered, Department of Corrections or county
248	248	approved work release program; provided, h owever, this provision
249	249	shall not apply to claims f rom individuals not in the custody of the
250	250	Department of Corrections based on accidents involving motor
251	251	vehicles owned or operated by the De partment of Corrections;
252	252	24. The activities of the National Guard, the militia or other
253	253	military organization admini stered by the Military Department of the
254	254	state when on duty pursuant to the lawful orders of competent
255	255	authority:
256	256	a. in an effort to quell a riot,
257	257	b. in response to a natural disaster or military attack,
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259	259	c. if participating in a military mentor program ordered
260	260	by the court;
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287	287	25. Provision, equipping, operation or maintenance of any
288	288	prison, jail or correctional facility, or injuries resulti ng from
289	289	the parole or escape of a prisoner or injuries by a prisone r to any
290	290	other prisoner; provided, however, this p rovision shall not apply to
291	291	claims from individuals not in the custody of the Department of
292	292	Corrections based on accidents involving motor vehicles owned or
293	293	operated by the Department of Corrections;
294	294	26. Provision, equipping, operation or maintenance of a ny
295	295	juvenile detention facility, or injuries resulting from the escape
296	296	of a juvenile detainee, or injuries by a juvenile detainee to any
297	297	other juvenile detainee;
298	298	27. Any claim or action based on the theory of manufacturer's
299	299	products liability or breach of warranty, either expressed or
300	300	implied;
301	301	28. Any claim or action based on the theory of indemnification
302	302	or subrogation; provided, however, a political subdivision as
303	303	defined in subparagraph s of paragraph 11 of Section 152 of this
304	304	title may enter into a con tract with a contract operator or any
305	305	railroad operating in interstate commerce that sells a property
306	306	interest or provides services to a re gional transportation
307	307	authority, or allows the regional transportat ion authority to use
308	308	the railroad's property or tracks for the provision of public
309	309	passenger rail service, providing for the allocation of financial
310	310	responsibility, indemnification, or the procurement of insurance for
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337	337	the parties for all types of claims or damages, provided that funds
338	338	have been appropriat ed to cover the resulting contractual obligation
339	339	at the time the contract is executed. The acquisition of commercial
340	340	liability insurance t o cover the activities of the regional
341	341	transportation authority, co ntract operator or railroad shall not
342	342	operate as a waiver of any of the liabilities, immunities or
343	343	defenses provided for political subdivisions pursuant to the
344	344	provisions of The Governmenta l Tort Claims Act. A con tract entered
345	345	into under this paragraph sh all not affect rights of employees under
346	346	the Federal Employers Liability Act or the Federal Railway Labor
347	347	Act;
348	348	29. Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee in
349	349	the placement of children;
350	350	30. Acts or omissions done in conformance with then cu rrent
351	351	recognized standards;
352	352	31. Maintenance of th e state highway system or any portion
353	353	thereof unless the claimant presents evidence which establishes
354	354	either that the state failed to warn of the unsafe condition o r that
355	355	the loss would not have occurred bu t for a negligent affirmative act
356	356	of the state;
357	357	32. Any confirmation of the existence or nonexistence of any
358	358	effective financing statement on file in the office of the Secretary
359	359	of State made in good faith by an e mployee of the office of the
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386	386	Secretary of State as required by the provisions of Section 1 -9-
387	387	320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
388	388	33. Any court-ordered community sentence;
389	389	34. Remedial action and any subsequent related ma intenance of
390	390	property pursuant to and in compliance with an authori zed
391	391	environmental remediation program, order, or r equirement of a
392	392	federal or state environmental agency;
393	393	35. The use of necessary and reasonable force by a school
394	394	district employee to cont rol and discipline a stud ent during the
395	395	time the student is in atte ndance or in transit to and from the
396	396	school, or any other function authorized by the school district;
397	397	36. Actions taken in good faith by a school district employee
398	398	for the out-of-school suspension of a student pur suant to applicable
399	399	Oklahoma Statutes; or
400	400	37. Use of a public facility opened to the genera l public
401	401	during an emergency.
402	402	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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