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§ 12-309. Liability of commissioners and staff

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHousing and Community DevelopmentEffective: October 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Housing and Community Development (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Housing Authorities [Titles 12-End] (Refs & Annos)
Title 12. Provisions of Statewide Applicability (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Commissioners (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Housing & Community Development, § 12-309
§ 12-309. Liability of commissioners and staff
Currentness
Status of commissioners and staff
(a) Each commissioner, the executive director, and each employee of an authority is:
(1) a local official for the purposes of Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part II of the General Provisions 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.1
Immunity
(b) 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.

Credits

Added by Acts 2006, c. 63, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 104, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.

Footnotes

1
State Government, § 12-101 et seq.
MD Code, Housing & Community Development, § 12-309, MD HOUS & CMTY DEV § 12-309
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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