§ 30-902 — Cause of action; exclusive means of recovery; legal duty

A. This chapter does not establish a new cause of action. If there is a conflict between this chapter and any other state law, this chapter controls.

B. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing or established by federal law, this chapter establishes the exclusive means of recovery from a public power entity for claims or damages that result from wildfires.

C. This chapter does not establish any additional legal duty that supports any claim that would not otherwise already exist.

D. In any cause of action against a parent, subsidiary or other corporate affiliate of a public power entity that is related to a wildfire, that parent, subsidiary or other corporate affiliate of the public power entity shall be treated the same as and considered equivalent to a public power entity for the purposes of section 30-904.

E. In any cause of action against a public power entity that is related to a wildfire, an attachor shall be considered to be a public power entity and to be covered by the public power entity's wildfire mitigation plan for the purposes of section 30-904 with respect to any liability that may be alleged to have arisen out of the attachor's equipment.