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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 1399
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved March 31, 1977.
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CHAPTER 85
(House Bill 881)
AN ACT concerning
Frederick County — County Commissioners
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Frederick County
Commissioners to provide payments for the legal
defense and damages in suits against County officers
or employees arising out of the performance of their
duties; and specifying the condition under which the
payments may be provided.
BY adding to
The Public Local Laws of Frederick County
Section 2-7B
Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1959 Edition, as supplemented to December 1975,
as amended)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 2-7B be and it is hereby added
to the Public Local Laws of Frederick County being
Article 11 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1959
Edition, as supplemented to December 1975, as amended) to
read as follows:
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Article 11
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2-7B.
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THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION
MAY PROVIDE ALL OR PART PAYMENTS FOR THE LEGAL DEFENSE
AND DAMAGES FOR COURT ACTIONS INVOLVING COUNTY OFFICERS
OR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SUED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES
FOR ALLEGED WRONGS ARISING OUT OF PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES
AS COUNTY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, IF THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS DETERMINE THAT THE OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES
ACTED IN A PRUDENT MANNER IN THE MATTER WHICH IS THE
SUBJECT OF A SUIT AT LAW OR IN EQUITY.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
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Approved March 31, 1977.
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