Bill Text: CA AB2631 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2631 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Government Claims Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-10 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. [AB2631 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2631-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2631

Introduced by Assembly Member O’Donnell

February 18, 2022

An act to add Section 815.7 to the Government Code, relating to governmental liability.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2631, as introduced, O’Donnell. Government Claims Act.

Existing law, the Government Claims Act, establishes the liability and immunity of a public entity for its acts or omissions that cause harm to persons.

This bill would provide that a public entity is liable for injury relating to the effects of that public entity’s homelessness policies on another public entity.

The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 815.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:

815.7.

A public entity is liable for injury relating to the effects of that public entity’s homelessness policies on another public entity.

SEC. 2.

The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act adding Section 815.7 to the Government Code addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act applies to all cities, including charter cities.