SB 536, as introduced, Berryhill. 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 815 of the Government Code is amended
2to read:
Except as otherwise provided by statute:
4(a) A public entity is not liable for an injury, whetherbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert theend insert
5 injury arises out of an act or omission of the public entity or a
6public employee or any other person.
7(b) The liability of a public entity established by this part
8(commencing with Section 814) is subject to any immunity of the
9public entity provided by statute, including this part, and is subject
P2 1to any defenses that would be available to the public entity if it
2were a private
person.
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