Please oppose the amendment that increases Sovereign Immunity limits to $1 million (per person)/$3 million (per incident), because it is unreasonably high.
These unreasonably high limits would create a financial hardship for cities like mine, while significantly increasing insurance premiums which would become an additional burden on taxpayers.
If this amendment is adopted, the ability to collect larger settlements or judgments against government entities will substantially increase liability exposure and incentivize litigation.
It would force cities to either pass the cost on to taxpayers or pay the claim and sacrifice funding for other important programs and services, potentially health and safety services.
Municipalities’ budgets are already stretched thin, and this increase could cause serious financial issues, particularly for our smaller cities.
