Bill Text: CA SB666 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Government tort claims.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB666 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB666-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 666	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 815 of the Government Code, relating to
government liability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 666, as introduced, Walters. Government tort claims.
   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.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   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.  Section 815 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   815.  Except as otherwise provided by statute:
   (a) A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether 
such   the  injury arises out of an act or omission
of the public entity or a public employee or any other person.
   (b) The liability of a public entity established by this part
(commencing with Section 814) is subject to any immunity of the
public entity provided by statute, including this part, and is
subject to any defenses that would be available to the public entity
if it were a private person.