North Carolina § 143-299 - 2. Limitation on payments by the State.

§ 143-299. 2. Limitation on payments by the State.

The maximum amount that the State may pay cumulatively to all claimants on account of injury and damage to any one person arising out of any one occurrence, whether the claim or claims are brought under this Article, or Article 31A or Article 31B of this Chapter, shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000), less any commercial liability insurance purchased by the State and applicable to the claim or claims under G.S. 143-291(b), 143-300.6(c), or 143-300.16(c). The fact that a claim or claims may be brought under more than one Article under this Chapter shall not increase the above maximum liability of the State. History (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1087, s. 6; 1995, c. 509, s. 83; 2000-67, s. 7A(d); 2007-452, s. 1.) Cross References. - For the State Employee Federal Remedy Restoration Act, waiving the sovereign immunity of the State for certain purposes, see G.S. 143-300.35 . Editor's Note. - This section, as amended by Session Laws 2007-452, s. 1, effective August 27, 2007, is applicable to torts committed on or after that date. Session Laws 2007-452, s. 2, provides: "State agencies, departments, and institutions and local boards of education shall use funds available for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-452, s. 1, effective August 27, 2007, and applicable to torts committed on or after that date, substituted "one million dollars ($1,000,000)" for "five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)" in subsection (a).