Kentucky HB 222: AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands. 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 Circuit or District Court; provide that the Kentucky Claims Commission does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages.

Status: Reassigned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) (as of 2018-01-24)

State: Kentucky · Session: 2018RS · Bill: HB 222

Sponsors: S. Miles

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