1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; requiring cities to purchase insurance for property 
1.3 	damage claims;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 466.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [466.035] LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY DAMAGE.
1.6 	A home rule charter or statutory city must purchase insurance, or provide for 
1.7 	self-insurance, to pay for at least $100,000 per claim in property damage caused by the 
1.8 	failure of a city-owned water, storm, or sanitary sewer line, including the failure of any 
1.9 	related equipment and installation of the line or equipment. A person claiming damage does 
1.10 	not have to show the city was at fault, and the exceptions in section 466.03 do not apply.