2024 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

HB627: AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands.

Legislative 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.

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Bill History

2/21/2024
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/21/2024
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/21/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Committee On Committees(House of Representatives)
Sine Die

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197018.6 KB