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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Amore, Hull, O`Grady, and Tanzi | |
Date Introduced: February 25, 2015 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 39-18 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Public Transit |
2 | Authority" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: |
3 | 39-18-25. Limitations of damages. -- In any tort action against the authority, its |
4 | members and/or its employees acting in their official capacity, any damages recovered therein |
5 | shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). |
6 | 39-18-26. Damages in excess of limitation. -- The general assembly may, by special act, |
7 | authorize actions of tort against the authority, its members and/or its employees acting in their |
8 | official capacity, in particular cases in which the amount of damages to be recovered may exceed |
9 | one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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1 | This act would limit damages to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any tort |
2 | action against the public transit authority except in cases where the general assembly may |
3 | authorize tort action in excess of that amount. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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