JUDICIAL REMEDIES
CHAPTER 258
HOUSE BILL NO. 1057
(Political Subdivisions Committee)
(At the request of the Office of Management and Budget)
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 32-12.1-03 and subsection 2 of section 32-12.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the statutory caps for liability of political subdivisions and the state; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
172 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 32-12.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. The liability of political subdivisions under this chapter is limited to a total of twothree hundred fiftyseventy-five thousand dollars per person and one million dollars for any number of claims arising from any single occurrence regardless of the number of political subdivisions, or employees of such political subdivisions, which are involved in that occurrence. A political subdivision may not be held liable, or be ordered to indemnify an employee held liable, for punitive or exemplary damages. The liability limits under this subsection must be adjusted annually as follows:
a. On July 1, 2023, a total of four hundred six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per person and one million six hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for any single occurrence.
b. On July 1, 2024, a total of four hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars per person and one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for any single occurrence.
c. On July 1, 2025, a total of four hundred sixty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty dollars per person and one million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars per occurrence.
d. On July 1, 2026, a total of five hundred thousand dollars per person and two million dollars per occurrence.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 32-12.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. The liability of the state under this chapter is limited to a total of twothree hundred fiftyseventy-five thousand dollars per person and one million dollars
172 Section 32-12.1-03 was also amended by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2067, chapter 259.
