2016 -- H 7166 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER | |
TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Patricia A. Serpa | |
Date Introduced: January 14, 2016 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 39 of the General Laws entitled "PUBLIC UTILITIES AND |
2 | CARRIERS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 13.1 |
4 | MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS |
5 | 39-13.1-1. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter: |
6 | (1) "Motor carrier" means a contract carrier, a common carrier or a private carrier of |
7 | property or passengers by motor vehicle. |
8 | (2) "Motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement or understanding |
9 | covering: |
10 | (i) The transportation of property for compensation by a motor carrier or a service |
11 | incidental thereof; |
12 | (ii) Entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purposes of loading, unloading, or |
13 | transporting property for compensation or a service incidental thereof; or |
14 | (iii) A service incidental to an activity described in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of this |
15 | definition. |
16 | 39-13.1-2. Indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contract void. -- |
17 | Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 12 and 13 of title 39, or any general or public law to |
18 | the contrary, any provision, clause, covenant or agreement contained in a motor carrier |
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1 | transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend or hold harmless, or has the effect of |
2 | indemnifying, defending or holding harmless, an indemnitee from or against any liability for loss |
3 | or damage resulting from such indemnitee's negligence or intentional acts or omissions shall be |
4 | void and unenforceable. |
5 | 39-13.1-3. Applicability. -- This chapter shall apply to motor carrier transportation |
6 | contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this chapter. |
7 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER | |
TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS | |
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1 | This act would render void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term |
2 | indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in |
3 | contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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