Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 87-H.F.No. 872 
                  An act relating to contracts; regulating building and 
                  construction contracts; providing for the 
                  enforceability of certain agreements indemnifying 
                  against environmental liability; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1998, section 337.02. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 337.02, is 
        amended to read: 
           337.02 [UNENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.] 
           An indemnification agreement contained in, or executed in 
        connection with, a building and construction contract is 
        unenforceable except to the extent that:  (1) the underlying 
        injury or damage is attributable to the negligent or otherwise 
        wrongful act or omission, including breach of a specific 
        contractual duty, of the promisor or the promisor's independent 
        contractors, agents, employees, or delegatees; or (2) an owner, 
        a responsible party, or a governmental entity agrees to 
        indemnify a contractor directly or through another contractor 
        with respect to strict liability under environmental laws. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
        and applies to agreements entered into on or after that date. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 1999 
           Signed by the governor April 23, 1999, 11:39 a.m.