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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 408 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Bailey |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0408 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001796 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort liability. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-20-107(h), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (h) |
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| 20 | 19 | | (1) A governmental entity or local board of education shall not extend the |
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| 21 | 20 | | immunity granted by this chapter to independent school bus contractors in |
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| 22 | 21 | | performing or providing school-related transportation services to a local board of |
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| 23 | 22 | | education. |
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| 24 | 23 | | (2) The contract or agreement between a local board of education and an |
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| 25 | 24 | | independent school bus contractor must require sufficient limits for tort liability |
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| 26 | 25 | | exposures as required by applicable law related to performing or providing |
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| 27 | 26 | | school-related transportation services to the local board of education by the |
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| 28 | 27 | | contractor. Evidence of such coverage may include, without limitation, a |
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| 29 | 28 | | certificate of insurance from the provider of insurance coverage that has the local |
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| 30 | 29 | | board of education listed as an additional insured. |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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