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Council briefed on bills affecting municipalities, including damages rules and special-service districts
Summary
Council reviewed two competing bills on personal-injury damages (SB211 and SB280) and discussed HB429, a bill to create a feasibility-based exit path from certain trash service special districts; concerns centered on municipal liability exposure and the difficulty of withdrawing from special districts under current law.
During the Feb. 11 meeting, council members and staff reviewed pending state legislation that could affect municipal liability, service-district governance and housing policy.
Personal-injury damages: staff summarized two bills: SB280 would follow a Utah Supreme Court decision allowing evidence of what a plaintiff paid (and thus what providers charged/reimbursed) in special damages; SB211 would take the opposite approach and largely exclude evidence of the insurer-negotiated…
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