California Government Code

§ 971

GOV § 971Div. 3.6 · Title 1 · Part 5 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)As used in this section:

(1)“Judgment resulting from a discretionary act” means a judgment arising from a liability which the local public entity has discretion to incur or not to incur and includes a judgment rendered in an eminent domain proceeding and a judgment requiring specific performance of a contractual obligation or awarding damages for failure to perform a contractual obligation.

(2)“Judgment resulting from a nondiscretionary act” means a judgment other than one described in paragraph (1) and includes a judgment founded upon tort or inverse condemnation liability.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.