No. CS/SB 828
Filed under Legal.
Sovereign Immunity for Public Transit Contractors; Providing that contractors providing public transit services and their employees or agents are deemed agents of the state for purposes of sovereign immunity, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA private company that provides public transit service under a contract with a state agency or subdivision -- along with its own employees and agents -- is now treated as an agent of the state for lawsuits over its conduct.
The status covers the contractor itself and its own employees or agents, while conduct is within the contract's scope and guidelines. It does not extend to subcontractors performing the work.
That status applies only while the contractor or its employee or agent is acting within the contract's scope and following the guidelines it or a state rule sets.
AIA contractor providing public transit service under a contract with a state agency or subdivision, and that contractor's own employees or agents, are treated as agents of the state -- not an independent private company -- for purposes of the sovereign-immunity statute, whenever they act within the contract's scope and guidelines.