HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2813

Approved May 27, 1980.

CHAPTER 811

(House Bill 1874)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Liability of County Employees

FOR the purpose of providing in Carroll County for
indemnification of County employees and officers for
any judgments they incurred certain judgments they
incur while acting within the scope of their
employment.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3-68 through 3-76, inclusive
Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 7 - Carroll County

3-68.

(A) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT:

(1) THE COUNTY IS A UNIQUE BODY BECAUSE IT IS A
SOVEREIGN POLITICAL ENTITY ESTABLISHED BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE
SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT AND BECAUSE
ITS REVENUE SOURCES ARE DERIVED PRINCIPALLY FROM TAXES ON
THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN FROM COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.

(2) COUNTY OFFICERS AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES, WHEN

ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE IMPLEMENTING GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED BY OR PURSUANT TO LAW. AS A RESULT, THEY ALSO
ARE DISCHARGING IN SOME DEGREE A PORTION OF THE PURPOSE AND
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE, AND THE GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE OF
THE COUNTY.

(3) RECENT COURT DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE

COUNTRY HAVE CREATED NEW GROUNDS OF PERSONAL LIABILITY OF
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ACCRUING FROM THE DISCHARGE OF
THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES. AS A RESULT IT IS BECOMING