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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to civil actions; prohibiting certain indemnification agreements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 337.01, subdivision 3; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 337.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Indemnification agreement.</b> "Indemnification agreement" means an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>agreement by the promisor to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the promisee against <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>liability or claims of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or out of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>physical damage to tangible or real property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and applies to agreements in force on, or entered into on or after, that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[604.21] INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS IN DESIGN PROFESSIONAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var><b>SERVICES CONTRACTS VOID.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(a) A provision contained in, or executed in connection with, a design professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>services contract is void and unenforceable to the extent it attempts to require an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>indemnitor to indemnify, to hold harmless, or to defend an indemnitee from or against <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or fault of anyone other than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>indemnitor or others for whom the indemnitor is legally liable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(b) For purposes of this section, "design professional services contract" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>contract under which some portion of the work or services is to be performed or supervised <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>by a person licensed under section 326.02, and is furnished in connection with any actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>or proposed maintenance of or improvement to real property, highways, roads, or bridges.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(c) This section does not apply to the extent that the obligation to indemnify, to hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>harmless, or to defend an indemnitee is able to be covered by insurance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(d) This section does not apply to agreements referred to in section 337.03 or 337.04.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(e) A provision contained in, or executed in connection with, a design professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>services contract for any actual or proposed maintenance of, or improvement to, real <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>property, highways, roads, or bridges located in Minnesota that makes the contract subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>to the laws of another state or requires that any litigation, arbitration, or other dispute <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>resolution process on the contract occur in another state is void and unenforceable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(f) This section supersedes any other inconsistent provision of law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>and applies to contracts or agreements entered into on or after that date.<br />
         		
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