AN ACT relating to legal liability for local governments.

Amend KRS 411.100, relating to a city's liability for damage done during the course of a riot, to provide that any form of local government shall be liable for damage done during the course of a riot if they could have prevented the damage; amend KRS 411.110, relating to a city's liability for any injury that results from any defect of any bridge, street, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare, to provide that any form of local government shall be liable for any injury that results from any defect of any bridge, street, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare.

Introduced: January 8, 2025

Last action: February 4, 2025

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This bill expands existing Kentucky laws so that all forms of local government, not just cities, can be held legally responsible in two situations: when riot damage occurs that the government could have prevented, and when someone is injured due to a defect in a public bridge, street, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare. Currently, those responsibilities apply only to cities, so this change would extend the same rules to counties and other local government types.…

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