Senate Bill 2568e1

    SB 2568                                        First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to financial matters; creating

  3         s. 215.245, F.S.; authorizing the state and its

  4         political subdivisions to enter into

  5         indemnification agreements with the Federal

  6         Government with respect to water resources

  7         development projects; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 215.245, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         215.245  Contracts with Federal Government;

15  indemnification authorized in certain circumstances.--The

16  state and its political subdivisions, which are authorized to

17  enter into cooperative agreements or otherwise contract or

18  participate with the Federal Government in constructing water

19  resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the

20  Secretary of the Army, are authorized to agree in such

21  contracts or participation agreements to indemnify and hold

22  harmless the United States from damages due to the

23  construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and

24  rehabilitation of the projects and any state or local sponsor

25  project-related betterments, except for damages due to the

26  fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors;

27  however, this section does not obligate the Legislature to

28  provide future appropriations and does not abrogate the

29  provisions of s. 45.062.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

31  law.


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