HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1185
    Amendment No. 5 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:
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13         Amendment 
14         On page 2, lines 6-16,
15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines
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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  
18         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1),
19  if an architect, engineer, general contractor, subcontractor,
20  sub-subcontractor, or materialman or any combination thereof
21  provides service to or for a public agency, the agency may
22  require in a construction contract with such party that such
23  party indemnify and hold harmless the agency, its officers and
24  employees, and the agency's consultants and design
25  professionals from liabilities, damages, losses, and costs,
26  including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, to
27  the extent caused by the negligence, recklessness, or
28  intentionally wrongful conduct of such party and other persons
29  employed or utilized by such party in the performance of the
30  contract.
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