| By Mr. Morrissey, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2061) of Michael W. Morrissey for legislation to permit persons to bring car damage arising from a pothole against the public entity into small claims court. The Judiciary. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 3 of Chapter 258 of the General Laws, under the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 6 after the word “county” by inserting the following words: “and except in the case where the damage to a claimant’s motor vehicle’s tire, rim or both is caused by a state, county or municipal roadway shall be brought under sections 21 to 25 of chapter 218 of the General Laws.”