BILL NUMBER: SB 1120	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1120, as introduced, Berryhill. Government liability.
   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 technical, nonsubstantive changes 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   defense
 that would be available to the public entity if it were a
private person.