| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Jacksonville, Duval County; |
| 3 | amending chapter 92-341, Laws of Florida, as amended; |
| 4 | prohibiting the city and independent agencies from waiving |
| 5 | sovereign immunity beyond the limitations of the |
| 6 | legislative waiver of sovereign immunity established in |
| 7 | Florida Statutes; prohibiting the city and independent |
| 8 | agencies from indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless |
| 9 | contracting parties for the tortious actions of any party |
| 10 | other than the city or the independent agency; declaring |
| 11 | contractual provisions in violation to be void; providing |
| 12 | severability; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Section 18.12 is added to article 18 of chapter |
| 17 | 92-341, Laws of Florida, as amended, to read: |
| 18 | ARTICLE 18. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
| 19 | Section 18.12. Waiver of sovereign immunity; |
| 20 | indemnification.-- |
| 21 | (a) No contract of the city or any independent agency may |
| 22 | agree to waive sovereign immunity for tortious conduct of the |
| 23 | city or of any such independent agency beyond the limitations of |
| 24 | the legislative waiver of sovereign immunity established in |
| 25 | section 768.28, Florida Statutes. |
| 26 | (b) No contract of the city or any independent agency may |
| 27 | agree to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless another party for |
| 28 | the tortious conduct of any party other than the city or the |
| 29 | independent agency, respectively. |
| 30 | (c) Any contractual provision for an indebtedness or |
| 31 | liability contracted for in violation of this section shall be |
| 32 | void and shall be severed from the contract. |
| 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |