HF 4691

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/18/2024 04:22pm

A bill for an act
relating to local government; providing that the Metropolitan Council shall
indemnify Ramsey County and Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority for
excess liability resulting from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot in
the city of St. Paul; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
383A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [383A.51] UNION DEPOT LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.
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new text begin (a) Provided that Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority,
together or separately, procure and maintain insurance to cover a total amount of no less
than $50,000,000 in liability arising from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot
in the city of St. Paul, the Metropolitan Council shall, after applying all applicable insurance
proceeds paid on behalf of Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad
Authority, indemnify Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority
for any excess liability arising from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot in the
city of St. Paul up to the amount of the damages limitation established under United States
Code, title 49, section 28103(a)(2), as indexed under Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act, Public Law 114-94, section 11415.
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new text begin (b) Insurance procured by Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad
Authority under paragraph (a) does not constitute a waiver of the liability limits under
sections 466.04 and 466.06.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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