2020 -- H 7787

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC

TRANSIT AUTHORITY

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Hull, Tanzi, Amore, and Slater

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2020

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 39-18 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Public Transit

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Authority" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:

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     39-18-25. Limitations of damages.

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     In any tort action against the authority, its members and/or its employees acting in their

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official capacity, any damages recovered therein shall not exceed the sum of one hundred

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thousand dollars ($100,000).

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     39-18-26. Damages in excess of limitation.

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     The general assembly may, by special act, authorize actions of tort against the authority,

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its members and/or its employees acting in their official capacity, in particular cases in which the

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amount of damages to be recovered may exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

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     SECTION 2. 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 -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC

TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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     This act would limit damages to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any tort

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action against the Rhode Island public transit authority, except in cases where the general

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assembly, by a special act, authorizes a tort action in excess of that amount.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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