Bill Text: CA SB587 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 587 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Government tort claims: charter schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB587 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB587-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 587	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to government liability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 587, as introduced, Walters. Government tort claims: charter
schools.
   Existing law governs the tort liability and immunity of, and
claims and actions against, public entities and their officers and
employees. A public entity, as defined, is not liable for an injury,
except as otherwise provided by statute, whether the injury arises
out of an act or omission of the public entity or a public employee
or any other person.
   Existing case law provides that a charter school operated
independently from the school district by a nonprofit corporation is
not a public entity for purposes of the provisions described above.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would provide charter schools with the same
immunities and protections from liability that public schools
currently enjoy.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would provide charter schools with the same
immunities and protections from liability that public schools
currently enjoy.