15.2-4526 - Liabilities of Commonwealth, counties and cities. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-4526. Liabilities of Commonwealth, counties and cities.

A. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, no pecuniaryliability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or upon any countyor city constituting any part of any transportation district because of anyact, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, byor on the part of the commission of such transportation district, or anycommission member, or its agents, servants and employees, except as otherwiseprovided in this chapter with reference to contracts and agreements betweenthe commission or interstate agency and any county or city.

B. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, the obligations andany indebtedness of a commission shall not be in any way a debt or liabilityof the Commonwealth, or of any county or city in whole or in part embracedwithin the transportation district, and shall not create or constitute anyindebtedness, liability or obligation of the Commonwealth or of any suchcounty or city, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this chaptercontained shall be construed to authorize a commission or district to incurany indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the Commonwealth orany county or city in whole or in part embraced within the transportationdistrict; however, any contracts or agreements between the commission and anycounty or city provided for in § 15.2-4515 A 4 and B 4 shall inure to thebenefit of any creditor of the transportation district or, when applicable,to an agency as therein provided.

C. For purposes of this section, the term "liability policy" as it is usedin the Virginia Tort Claims Act shall specifically include any program ofself-insurance maintained by a district and administered by the VirginiaDivision of Risk Management.

(1964, c. 631, § 15.1-1364; 1986, c. 584; 1987, c. 383; 1997, c. 587.)