Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 188-S.F.No. 891 
                  An act relating to municipalities; clarifying an 
                  exception to tort liability; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1998, section 466.03, subdivision 4. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 466.03, 
        subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 4.  [ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE.] (a) Any claim 
        based on snow or ice conditions on any highway or public 
        sidewalk that does not abut a publicly owned building or 
        publicly owned parking lot, except when the condition is 
        affirmatively caused by the negligent acts of the municipality. 
           (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipality that owns 
        or leases a building or parking lot in another municipality is 
        not immune from a claim based on snow or ice conditions on a 
        public sidewalk abutting the building or parking lot, but the 
        other municipality is immune, except when the condition is 
        affirmatively caused by its own negligent acts. 
           Presented to the governor May 18, 1999 
           Signed by the governor May 21, 1999, 10:13 a.m.