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I .' , 1 provided by the level of government imposing it or a permanent stable revenue source is ~ 2 established. 3 . Cities should not be forced to comply with unfunded mandates. I 4 . Cities should be given the greatest flexibility possible in implementing mandates to ensure I 5 that their cost is minimized. I 6 SD-3. Civil Liability of Local Governments I 7 Issue: One of the barriers to the delivery of governmental services and programs is the I 8 exposure of locai governments and their officials to civil damage claims. The state has acted to I 9 protect'itself and its local governments by enacting exceptions and limitations to liability suits and 10 authorizing self-insurance and other mechanisms to deal with claims allowed by law. I 11 Response: The League supports: .. 12 . retaining dollar limitations on governmental liability and periodically reviewing and 13 adjusting them in order to ensure market adequacy (the League supports increasing the I 14 tort liability limits for both the state and its political subdivisions to $250,000 for any I 15 single claimant and $750,000 for all claimants in a single occurrence effective January 1, 16 1998, and increasing the occurrence limitation to $1,000,000 effective January 1, 2001; I 17 . eliminating joint and several liability , or severely restricting its application to situations I 18 where private or public tortfeasors are substantially at fault for the damages incurred; I 19 extending the !lrotection of the state and municipal ton claims act to quasi-governmental . 20 entities when performing public services such as firefighting; and I 21 . existing constitutional safeguards for protecting public and private property interests ~ 22 without any statutory expansion of property rights. 30 League of Minnesota Cities I ,