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2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)
SECTION 38
Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.
Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.
284.38 Waiver of sovereign immunity; effect.—The insurance programs developed herein shall provide limits as established by the provisions of s. 768.28 if a tort claim. The limits provided in s. 768.28 shall not apply to a civil rights action arising under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 or similar federal statute. Payment of a pending or future claim or judgment arising under any of said statutes may be made upon this act becoming a law, unless the officer, employee, or agent has been determined in the final judgment to have caused the harm intentionally; however, the fund is authorized to pay all other court-ordered attorney’s fees as provided under s. 284.31.
History.—s. 1, ch. 72-206; s. 8, ch. 79-139; s. 176, ch. 81-259.