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Committee adopts changes to extend governmental-immunity protections to outside municipal counsel; second substitute approved and favored to House
Summary
Lawmakers approved a second substitute for House Bill 364 that would extend governmental-immunity protections to outside legal counsel working for cities and towns in certain circumstances; the committee then voted to favorably recommend the second substitute to the House floor, 9-1.
Representative Kristofferson presented House Bill 364, governmental immunity amendments, saying the bill defines "outside legal counsel" and grants those attorneys immunity comparable to in-house city attorneys while they are representing a municipality.
Sherilyn Egnor, a former city attorney who testified as a witness, described litigation where she and her firm were named personally while the city benefited from notice-of-claim protections and other…
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