Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0534 Compare Versions

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1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29,
1414 Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort liability.
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1616 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1717 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-20-107(h), is amended by
1818 deleting the subdivision and substituting:
1919 (h)
2020 (1) A governmental entity or local board of education shall not extend the
2121 immunity granted by this chapter to independent school bus contractors in
2222 performing or providing school-related transportation services to a local board of
2323 education.
2424 (2) The contract or agreement between a local board of education and an
2525 independent school bus contractor must require sufficient limits for tort liability
2626 exposures as required by applicable law related to performing or providing
2727 school-related transportation services to the local board of education by the
2828 contractor. Evidence of such coverage may include, without limitation, a
2929 certificate of insurance from the provider of insurance coverage that has the local
3030 board of education listed as an additional insured.
3131 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.