Missouri Revised Statutes § 537.756 - Maximum amount payable from fund — how calculated

537.756. Maximum amount payable from fund — how calculated. — 1. The maximum amount which may be paid from the fund, as defined in section 537.700, for the payment and settlement of claims arising out of any single occurrence, is two million dollars. 2. The limitation on awards for liability provided for in this section shall be increased or decreased on an annual basis effective January first of each year in accordance with the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures as published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce. The current value of the limitation shall be calculated by the director of the department of commerce and insurance, who shall furnish that value to the secretary of state, who shall publish such value in the Missouri Register as soon after each January first as practicable, but it shall otherwise be exempt from the provisions of section 536.021. (L. 1989 H.B. 161 § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 1999 S.B. 295 & 46) Liability of state and public entities, increases to be effective on certain causes of actions, when, 537.615