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OFFICER WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO COLLECT SUCH FINES.

(E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CRIMINAL LIABILITY, ANY
PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS COMPACT OR ANY
REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION, SHALL BE CIVILLY LIABLE
TO THE COMMISSION FOR ANY ACTUAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY
THE COMMISSION BY REASON OF SUCH VIOLATION.

(C) THE PENAL SANCTIONS HEREIN PROVIDED SHALL
NOT BE APPLICABLE TO ANY FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO PAY ANY
CHARGE OR ASSESSMENT IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION.

15.14.   TORT LIABILITY. —THE COMMISSION SHALL
BE LIABLE FOR THE NEGLIGENCE OR WARRANTY OF ITS
OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF
THE LIMITS OF THE INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIRED BY
SECTION 15.03, AND TO THAT EXTENT THE DEFENSE OF
GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY SHALL NOT BE A BAR TO ACTION OR
RECOVERY.

15.15.    TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES AND PROPERTY;
ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC
RIVER BASIN; REPEAL OF POTOMAC RIVER SANITATION
COMPACT; AND PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. —(A)
EFFECTIVE UPON THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF
THE POTOMAC RIVER COMMISSION CREATED BY ARTICLE 2 OF
THIS COMPACT, ALL MONEY, PROPERTY AND OTHER ASSETS OF
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN
CREATED BY THE POTOMAC RIVER SANITATION COMPACT

(APPROVED BY CONGRESS, JULY 11, 1940) ARE HEREBY
TRANSFERRED TO, AND ALL OF ITS LIABILITIES ARE HEREBY
IMPOSED UPON, THE SAID POTOMAC RIVER BASIN COMMISSION,
AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF SAID INTERSTATE COMMISSION ARE
HEREBY TRANSFERRED AT THEIR THEN CURRENT SALARIES TO
SAID POTOMAC RIVER BASIN COMMISSION SUBJECT TO THE
AUTHORITY VESTED IN IT BY SAID ARTICLE 2; AND ALL
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF SAID INTERSTATE COMMISSION
THEN IN EFFECT SHALL THEREUPON BE PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN COMMISSION UNTIL
CHANGED OR TERMINATED BY IT. EFFECTIVE SIX MONTHS
AFTER THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, THE INTERSTATE
COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN SHALL THEREUPON
BE ABOLISHED AND THE POTOMAC FIVER SANITATION COMPACT
REPEALED. DURING SAID SIX-MONTH PERIOD THE
INTERSTATE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE A FINAL EXAMINATION
AND AUDIT MADE OF ITS ACCOUNTS AND SHALL MAKE A FINAL
REPORT OF ITS OPERATIONS AND TRANSACTIONS.

(B) FROM THE MONEY TRANSFERRED BY SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION 15.15 THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN