227.663.  Limitation of liability. — 1.  As a result of the project being a public use and serving the public safety, health, and welfare, tort liability caps are hereby established in this section and made applicable to any private partner and such private partner's employees, agents, and insureds that develops and/or operates the project under sections 227.600 to 227.669.  Such tort liability caps shall be a per-person cap and a per-occurrence cap and shall be in amounts identical to the tort liability caps established in section 537.610 as such caps are annually amended by the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures under subsection 5 of section 537.610.

  2.  Commercial general liability insurance policy or policies purchased by the private partner under sections 227.600 to 227.669 shall not be used to expand the coverage and amount of the tort liability caps imposed in this section.