MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Municipalities

By: Senator(s) Moffatt, Robertson

Senate Bill 2624

AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 21-19-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO MUNICIPALITIES TO PERFORM, OR CONTRACT TO BE PERFORMED, WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

 

SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 21-19-12, Mississippi Code of 1972.

21-19-12. The governing authority of any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to employ or designate one or more employees to serve in the capacity of "claims adjuster" as all or part of the employee's or employees' duties. The governing authority of any municipality so electing may delegate to the claims adjuster the authority to obligate the municipality in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per claimant to perform work on private property, or to contract with another to perform such work, where it is the opinion of the claims adjuster that the municipality or its insurance carrier ultimately will be liable for the incident or conditions from which the claim arises. A claim adjuster's authority shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for all claims arising out of a single occurrence.

Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent any municipality from collecting from its liability insurance carrier.

Record and payment of all claims so authorized by any duly appointed claims adjuster shall be made as otherwise provided in Chapter 39, Title 21, Mississippi Code of 1972, pertaining to contracts and claims.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.