SB598 S JUD AMT

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The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill 598--A Bill to amend and reenact §17-10-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to civil actions for damages brought against county commissions and municipalities; providing an effective date; providing that a person who sustains injury as a result of any defect in, disrepair or maintenance of, or failure to maintain or repair certain county or municipal property may recover civil damages, subject to certain requirements and limitations; providing certain requirements and limitations for actions against the county commission or municipality; providing that county commissions and municipalities owe no duty to protect against, and are not liable for certain dangers or conditions that are open and obvious or reasonably apparent; providing a standard of application by courts; and providing that the section does not diminish or limit certain protections otherwise afforded in the code.

Adopted

Rejected