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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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36	29		BILL NO. 458 By: Daniels of the Senate
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45	38		[ Governmental Tort Cla ims Act - certain exemption
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51	44		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA:
52	45		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2011, Section 155, as last
53	46		amended by Section 3, Chapter 273, O.S.L. 2016 (51 O.S. Supp. 2020,
54	47		Section 155), is amended to read as follows:
55	48		Section 155. The state or a political subdivision s hall not be
56	49		liable if a loss or claim results from:
57	50		1. Legislative functions;
58	51		2. Judicial, quasi-judicial, or prosecutorial functions, oth er
59	52		than claims for wrongful criminal fel ony conviction resulting in
60	53		imprisonment provided for in Section 154 of this title;
61	54		3. Execution or enforcement of the lawful orders of any court;
62	55		4. Adoption or enforcement of or failure to adopt or enforce a
63	56		law, whether valid or invalid , including, but not limited to, any
	57	+	statute, charter provision, ordinance, resolution, rul e, regulation
	58	+	or written policy;
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93	85		5. Performance of or the failure to exercise or perform any act
94	86		or service which is in the discretion of t he state or political
95	87		subdivision or its employees;
96	88		6. Civil disobedience , riot, insurrection or rebellion or the
97	89		failure to provide, or the method of providing, police, law
98	90		enforcement or fire protection;
99	91		7. Any claim based on the theory of attractive n uisance;
100	92		8. Snow or ice conditions or t emporary or natural conditions on
101	93		any public way or other public place due t o weather conditions,
102	94		unless the condition is affirmatively caused by the negligent act of
103	95		the state or a political subdivision;
104	96		9. Entry upon any property where that entry is exp ressly or
105	97		implied authorized by la w;
106	98		10. Natural conditions of property of the state or political
107	99		subdivision;
108	100		11. Assessment or collection of taxes or special assessments,
109	101		license or registration fees, or other fe es or charges imposed by
110	102		law;
111	103		12. Licensing powers or functions including , but not limited
112	104		to, the issuance, denial , suspension or revocation of or failure or
113	105		refusal to issue, deny, suspend or revoke any permit, license,
114	106		certificate, approval, order or s imilar authority;
	107	+	13. Inspection powers or functions, including failure to make
	108	+	an inspection, review or approval, or making an inadequate or
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144	135		negligent inspection, review or approval of any property, real or
145	136		personal, to determine whether the property com plies with or
146	137		violates any law or contai ns a hazard to health or safety, o r fails
147	138		to conform to a recognized standar d;
148	139		14. Any loss to any person covered by any workers ’ compensation
149	140		act or any employer’s liability act;
150	141		15. Absence, condition, location o r malfunction of any traffic
151	142		or road sign, signal or warning device unless the absence,
152	143		condition, location or malfu nction is not corrected by the state or
153	144		political subdivision responsible within a reasonable time after
154	145		actual or constructive notice or th e removal or destruction of such
155	146		signs, signals or warning devices by thir d parties, action of
156	147		weather elements or a s a result of traffic collision except on
157	148		failure of the state or political subdivision to correct the same
158	149		within a reasonable time after a ctual or constructive notice.
159	150		Nothing herein shall give rise to liability arising from the failure
160	151		of the state or any political subdivision to initially place any of
161	152		the above signs, signals or warning devices. The signs, signals and
162	153		warning devices referred to herein are those used in connec tion with
163	154		hazards normally connect ed with the use of roadways or public ways
164	155		and do not apply to the duty to warn of special defects such as
165	156		excavations or roadway obstructions;
	157	+	16. Any claim which is limited or bar red by any other law;
	158	+	17. Misrepresentation, if unintentional;
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194		-	17. Misrepresentation, if unintentional;
195	185		18. An act or omission of an independent contractor or
196	186		consultant or his or her employees, agents, subcontractors or
197	187		suppliers or of a person other than an employee of the state or
198	188		political subdivision at the time the act or omiss ion occurred;
199	189		19. Theft by a thir d person of money in the custody of an
200	190		employee unless the loss was sustained because of the negligence or
201	191		wrongful act or omission of the employee;
202	192		20. Participation in or practice for any interscholastic or
203	193		other athletic contest sponsored or conducted by or on the property
204	194		of the state or a po litical subdivision;
205	195		21. Participation in any activity approved by a local board of
206	196		education and held within a building or on the grounds of the school
207	197		district served by that lo cal board of education before or a fter
208	198		normal school hours or on weekends;
209	199		22. Use of indoor or outdoor school property and facilities
210	200		made available for public recreation before or after normal school
211	201		hours or on weekends or school vacations, except thos e claims
212	202		resulting from willful an d wanton acts of negligence. For purposes
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214	204		a. “public” includes, but is not limited to, students
215	205		during nonschool hours and school staff when not
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	207	+	b. “recreation” means any indoor or outdoor physica l
	208	+	activity, either organized or unorganize d, undertaken
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247	236		pleasure, and that is not otherwise covered by
248	237		paragraph 20 or 21 of this sectio n;
249	238		23. Any court-ordered, Department of Corrections or county
250	239		approved work release program; provided, however, thi s provision
251	240		shall not apply to claims from individuals not in the custody of the
252	241		Department of Corrections based on accidents involving moto r
253	242		vehicles owned or operated by the Depa rtment of Corrections;
254	243		24. The activities of the National Guard, the militi a or other
255	244		military organization administered by the Military Department of the
256	245		state when on duty pursuant to the lawful orders of competen t
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258	247		a. in an effort to quell a riot,
259	248		b. in response to a natural disaster or military attack,
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261	250		c. if participating in a military mentor program ordered
262	251		by the court;
263	252		25. Provision, equipping, operation or maintenance of any
264	253		prison, jail or corr ectional facility, or injuries resulting from
265	254		the parole or escape of a pr isoner or injuries by a prisoner to any
266	255		other prisoner; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to
267	256		claims from individuals not in the custody of the Department of
	257	+	Corrections based on accidents involving motor ve hicles owned or
	258	+	operated by the Department of Corrections;
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297	285		26. Provision, equipping, operation or maintenance of any
298	286		juvenile detention facility, or injuries resulting from the escape
299	287		of a juvenile detainee, or inju ries by a juvenile detainee to any
300	288		other juvenile detainee;
301	289		27. Any claim or action based on the theory of manufact urer’s
302	290		products liability or breach of warranty, either expressed or
303	291		implied;
304	292		28. Any claim or action based on the theory of indemnificatio n
305	293		or subrogation;
306	294		29. Any claim based u pon an act or omission of an emplo yee in
307	295		the placement of children;
308	296		30. Acts or omissions done in conformance with then current
309	297		recognized standards;
310	298		31. Maintenance of the state highway system or any portion
311	299		thereof unless the claimant presents evidence which establishes
312	300		either that the state failed to warn of the unsafe condit ion or that
313	301		the loss would not have occurred but for a negligent affirmative act
314	302		of the state;
315	303		32. Any confirmation of the existence or non existence of any
316	304		effective financing sta tement on file in the office of th e Secretary
317	305		of State made in good faith by an employee of the office of the
	306	+	Secretary of State as required by the provisions of Section 1 -9-
	307	+	320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statute s;
	308	+	33. Any court-ordered community sent ence;
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349	336		property pursuant to and in compliance with an authorized
350	337		environmental remediation program, order , or requirement of a
351	338		federal or state environmen tal agency;
352	339		35. The use of necessary an d reasonable force by a school
353	340		district employee to control and discipline a student during the
354	341		time the student is in attendance or in transit to and from the
355	342		school, or any other function authorized by the school d istrict;
356	343		36. Actions taken in good fait h by a school district employee
357	344		for the out-of-school suspension of a studen t pursuant to applicable
358	345		Oklahoma Statutes; or
359	346		37. Use of a public facility opened to the general public
360	347		during an emergency; or
361	348		38. A sanitary sewer overflow occurring on private property;
362	349		provided, however, such exception shall not apply to claims for loss
363	350		of property.
364	351		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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366		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY - CIVIL, dated
367		-	04/07/2021 - DO PASS, As Amended.
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	378	+	Passed the Senate the 9th day of March, 2021.
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	382	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	385	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	390	+	Presiding Officer of the House
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