No. SB 1208
Filed under Legal.
Sovereign Immunity of County Constitutional Officers in Tort Actions; Expanding the definition of the term “state agencies or subdivisions” to include county constitutional officers for purposes of provisions relating to the waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFlorida's sovereign-immunity statute lists which government bodies count as a 'state agency or subdivision' for tort lawsuits. This bill adds county constitutional officers to that list, alongside counties, municipalities, and state agencies already named.
Section 768.28 also covers riot-related exclusions, attorney-fee limits, the statute of limitations, other exclusions, indemnification, and risk-management programs. All of that now applies to county constitutional officers the same as it does to the other bodies already listed.
The change applies only to the definition used in this one section of law. It does not rewrite the specific dollar limits, notice deadlines, or defense duties themselves, which are set elsewhere in the same statute.
AIAdds county constitutional officers to the list of bodies that count as a state agency or subdivision under s. 768.28, alongside the executive departments, the judicial branch, counties, municipalities, and certain state-affiliated corporations already named.