Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />HB 301 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />hb301-00 <br />Page 36 of 80 <br />F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />cover claims and liabilities for loss, injury, or damage arising 876 <br />out of or connected with the ownership, operation, maintenance, 877 <br />and management of a rail corridor. 878 <br /> (c) Incur expenses for the purchase of advertisements, 879 <br />marketing, and promotional items. 880 <br /> (d) Without altering any of the rights granted to the 881 <br />department under this section, agree to assume the obligations 882 <br />to indemnify and insure, pursuant to s. 343.545, freight rail 883 <br />service, intercity passenger rail service, and commuter rail 884 <br />service on a department-owned rail corridor, whether ownership 885 <br />is in fee or by easement, or on a rail corridor where the 886 <br />department has the right to operate. 887 <br /> 888 <br />Neither the assumption by contract to protect, defend, 889 <br />indemnify, and hold harmless; the purchase of insurance; nor the 890 <br />establishment of a self-insurance retention fund shall be deemed 891 <br />to be a waiver of any defense of sovereign immunity for torts 892 <br />nor deemed to increase the limits of the department's or the 893 <br />governmental entity's liability for torts as provided in s. 894 <br />768.28. The requirements of s. 287.022(1) shall not apply to the 895 <br />purchase of any insurance under this subsection. The provisions 896 <br />of this subsection shall apply and inure fully as to any other 897 <br />governmental entity providing commuter rail service and 898 <br />constructing, operating, maintaining, or managing a rail 899 <br />corridor on publicly owned right-of-way under contract by the 900