HB1188

The amendment changes law enforcement's authority to remove disabled vehicles from "must" to "may," making vehicle removal discretionary rather than mandatory, which WEAKENS the bill's liability protections by giving officers more flexibility but less clear authority. The amendment also expands the bill to include removal of disabled boats, off-road vehicles, and snowmobiles from public waters, BROADENING the scope beyond just highway vehicles.

The amendment removed language about "clarifying duties" and instead focuses purely on limiting liability, and it expanded the liability protections to explicitly include "removal agencies" acting on behalf of the state or political subdivisions—broadening the scope of who gets liability protection when removing disabled vehicles from highways and public waters. This change narrows the bill's focus to liability limitation while extending those protections to private removal contractors, not just government agents.

This amendment converts the bill from an engrossed draft to its final enrolled form, adding standard legislative enactment language and signature blocks while removing internal markup formatting—no substantive changes to the liability protections for law enforcement and removal agencies handling disabled vehicles on highways, rights of way, and public waters were made.