§ 15.2-4526. Liabilities of Commonwealth, counties and cities
A. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, no pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or upon any county or city constituting any part of any transportation district because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, by or on the part of the commission of such transportation district, or any commission member, or its agents, servants and employees, except as otherwise provided in this chapter with reference to contracts and agreements between the commission or interstate agency and any county or city.
B. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, the obligations and any indebtedness of a commission shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the Commonwealth, or of any county or city in whole or in part embraced within the transportation district, and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Commonwealth or of any such county or city, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to authorize a commission or district to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the Commonwealth or any county or city in whole or in part embraced within the transportation district; however, any contracts or agreements between the commission and any county or city provided for in § 15.2-4515 A 4 and B 4 shall inure to the benefit of any creditor of the transportation district or, when applicable, to an agency as therein provided.
C. For purposes of this section, the term "liability policy" as it is used in the Virginia Tort Claims Act shall specifically include any program of self-insurance maintained by a district and administered by the Virginia Division of Risk Management.
(1964, c. 631, § 15.1-1364; 1986, c. 584; 1987, c. 383; 1997, c. 587.)
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