evidence_text: Senator MacGregor moved that the Committee on Government Operations be discharged from further consideration of the following bill:
  
  Senate Bill No. 1244, entitled
  
  A bill to amend 1964 PA 170, entitled “An act to make uniform the liability of municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and the state, its agencies and departments, officers, employees, and volunteers thereof, and members of certain boards, councils, and task forces when engaged in the exercise or discharge of a governmental function, for injuries to property and persons; to define and limit this liability; to define and limit the liability of the state when engaged in a proprietary function; to authorize the purchase of liability insurance to protect against loss arising out of this liability; to provide for defending certain claims made against public officers, employees, and volunteers and for paying damages sought or awarded against them; to provide for the legal defense of public officers, employees, and volunteers; to provide for reimbursement of public officers and employees for certain legal expenses; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 8 (MCL 691.1408), as amended by 2002 PA 400.
  
  The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, and the bill was placed on the order of General Orders.