Section 12-309 - Liability of commissioners and staff. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-309. Liability of commissioners and staff.
 

(a)  Status of commissioners and staff.- Each commissioner, the executive director, and each employee of an authority is: 

(1) a local official for the purposes of Title 15, Subtitle 8, Part I of the State Government Article and subject to local ethics laws; and 

(2) an employee of a local government for the purposes of Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article and entitled to the protections of the Local Government Tort Claims Act. 

(b)  Immunity.- A commissioner of an authority is not liable for a statement made or action taken in good faith in the exercise or performance of a power or duty of the commissioner. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 44A, § 1-211(a), (b); 2006, ch. 63, § 2.]