Code Section

Education Code - EDC

TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [66000 - 101460]

  ( Title 3 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )
  

DIVISION 7. COMMUNITY COLLEGES [70900 - 88933]

  ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )
  

PART 49. COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES [81003 - 82548]

  ( Part 49 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )
  

CHAPTER 1. School Sites [81003 - 81192]

  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )
  

ARTICLE 8. Fitness for Occupancy [81160 - 81179]
  ( Article 8 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )

  
81177.  

(a) No member of the governing board of a community college district shall be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property resulting from the fact that a school building was not constructed under the requirements of Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130), if the governing board complies with this article.

A licensed structural engineer or licensed architect, employed by a governing board to examine any school building under this article, shall not be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property as a result of the structural inadequacy and failure of a building, if he or she has exercised normal professional diligence in carrying out his or her functions under Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130) and this article.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), nothing in this article shall be construed as relieving any member of the governing board of a community college district of any liability for injury to persons or damage to property imposed by law.

(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 1996.)