HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-346 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing �
Assembly Bill 1669 pertain- �
ing to punitive damages } RESOLUTION NUMBER 68,/346
against employees. )
WHEREAS Assembly Bill Number 1669 has been introduced
in the 1968 session of the California State Legislature ; and
WFEER*'AS said bill provides for the removal of the
prohibition against local publics entities insuring or providing
for payment of punitive or exemplary damages levied against an
employee; and
T�:REAS under current circumstances employees might
be deterred from appropriate action because of the liability
which might be ascribed to them personally as the result of such
action;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY TETE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COMITY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA, RESOLVED that Assembly
Bill Number 1669 is hereby endorsed and the Contra Costa County
representatives in the California State Legislature are urged
to support the passage of said bill.
PASSEL AND ADOPTED this 21st day of May, 1968 by the
following vote of the Board;
AYES; Supervisors James P. Kenny, James E. Moriarty,
Thomas Jahn Call, Edmund A. Linscheid,
Alfred M. Dias.
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/346