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HB 627 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands.

KY · session 2024RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 21, 2024

Latest action (Feb 21, 2024) to Committee on Committees (H)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)
  1. Feb 21, 2024 introduced in House · lower
  2. Feb 21, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
Civil ActionsCivil ProcedureClaimsCourts, CircuitCourts, DistrictFish and WildlifeProperty

Text versions (1)

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  • Introduced · PDF

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