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JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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2. The Commission should consider the following
issues:
(a) The extension or limitation of the
doctrine of Sovereign Immunity as it is applicable to
public entities in Maryland and to their officers.
(b) The necessity, availability, and cost of
personal liability insurance for all or some public
employees, including errors and omissions liability
insurance.
(c) The necessity, availability, and cost of
liability and property insurance for public property,
including public motor vehicles.
(d) The feasibility and cost of a program of
self insurance for all or some public employees.
(e) The feasibility and cost of an
administrative tort claims board for settlement of claims
against public employees.
(f) The question of the liability of public
employees in both a personal and official capacity and
their potential vicarious liability for the acts of other
public employees.
(g) The relationship and effect of federal
laws and judicial decisions affecting the liability of
public employees in Maryland.
(h) All present and potential alternative
remedies available to a person injured by the tortious
conduct of a public employee.
(i) The representation of State employees by
the Office of the Attorney General and the representation
of county and municipal employees by county and city
legal officers.
(j) The alternative sources of funds
available to satisfy judgments against public employees
in lieu of a program of self insurance, or purchase of
insurance, or a tort claims administrative review.
(k) Any other matters relevant to the issue
of the liability of employees of State and local
government for tortious conduct committed in the course
of their employment.
3. The Commission shall be appointed no later
than July 1, 1977 and shall report to the Governor and
the General Assembly no later than January 1, 1978; and
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