2020 -- H 7931 | |
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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 COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - | |
CONSTRUCTION INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Bennett, and Slater | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 6-34-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-34 entitled "Construction |
2 | Indemnity Agreements" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 6-34-1. Construction indemnity agreements. |
4 | (a) A covenant, promise, agreement, or understanding in, or in connection with or |
5 | collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the design, planning, construction, alteration, |
6 | repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, highway, road, parking lot, appurtenance, and |
7 | appliance, including moving, demolition, and excavating connected with a building, structure, |
8 | highway, road, parking lot, appurtenance, or appliance, pursuant to which contract or agreement |
9 | the promisee or the promisee's independent contractors, agents, or employees has hired the |
10 | promisor to perform work, purporting to indemnify the promisee, the promisee's independent |
11 | contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees against liability for damages arising out of bodily |
12 | injury to persons or damage to property proximately caused by or resulting from the negligence |
13 | of the promisee, the promisee's independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees, is |
14 | against public policy and is void; provided that this section shall not affect the validity of any |
15 | insurance contract, worker's compensation agreement, or an agreement issued by an insurer. |
16 | (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from purchasing insurance for his or |
17 | her own protection or from purchasing a construction bond. |
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1 | 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 COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - | |
CONSTRUCTION INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS | |
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1 | This act would add a parking lot as a requirement to a contractor agreement to a |
2 | construction indemnity agreement. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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