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2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 49 - KENTUCKY CLAIMS COMMISSION
.060 Legislative intent as to sovereign immunity in negligence claims.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 49.060 (2017)
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49.060 Legislative intent as to sovereign immunity in negligence claims. It is the intention of the General Assembly to provide the means to enable a person negligently injured by the Commonwealth, any of its cabinets, departments, bureaus, or agencies, or any of its officers, agents, or employees while acting within the scope of their employment by the Commonwealth or any of its cabinets, departments, bureaus, or agencies to be able to assert their just claims as herein provided. The Commonwealth thereby waives the sovereign immunity defense only in the limited situations as herein set forth. It is further the intention of the General Assembly to otherwise expressly preserve the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth, its cabinets, departments, bureaus, and agencies and its officers, agents, and employees while acting in the scope of their employment in all other situations except where sovereign immunity is specifically and expressly waived as set forth by statute. The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear claims for damages, except as otherwise specifically set forth by statute, against the Commonwealth, its cabinets, departments, bureaus, or agencies, or any of its officers, agents, or employees while acting within the scope of their employment. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 6, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 499, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. Formerly codified as KRS 44.072.
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