S.B.
50
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LIABILITY AMENDMENTS
Senate Floor
Amendments
Amendment 1 February 14, 2013 8:36 AM
Senator John L. Valentine
proposes the following amendments:
1. Page
1, Lines 14 through 20
:
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{
. provides that the Department of Transportation shall exercise reasonable care in
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designing, constructing, and maintaining a state highway in a reasonably safe
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condition for travel;
}
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. provides that nothing in the Department of Transportation's defined responsibilities
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shall be construed as
{
:
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. creating a private right of action; or
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.
}
expanding or changing the department's common law duty for liability purposes;
2. Page
3, Lines 60 through 65
:
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(2)
{
(a) The department shall exercise reasonable care in designing, constructing, and
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maintaining a state highway in a reasonably safe condition for travel.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as:
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(i) creating a private right of action; or
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(ii) expanding or changing the department's common law duty as described in
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Subsection (2)(a) for liability purposes.
}
Nothing in this section shall be construed as expanding or
changing the department's common law duty of care for liability purposes.
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