Colorado § 24-33.5-902 - Legislative declaration - no private liability.
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§ 24-33.5-902. Legislative declaration - no private liability.
(1) It is declared to be the policy of the general assembly to encourage the owners of any building, mine, structure, or other real estate to make such property available, without compensation, for civil defense, and for that purpose this section is enacted.
(2) No person, limited liability company, partnership, corporation, or association shall be civilly liable, except for willful and wanton acts, for the death or injury of any person or the injury to or loss of any property which may occur in or on the property of such person, limited liability company, partnership, corporation, or association resulting from any preparation, drill, exercise, use in an official alert, or inspection incidental to a civil defense activity. This exemption from liability extends to any owner, tenant, lessee, assignee, or successor in interest of any property used for civil defense purposes, together with his or her personal representatives, heirs, successors, and assigns.
Source: L. 2012: Entire part RC&RE with relocations, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1099, § 10, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 24-32-2302 as it existed prior to 2012.
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