HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1781

CHAPTER 393

(House Bill 763)

AN ACT concerning

The Advisory Board on Liability

FOR the purpose of clarifying the responsibility of the
Advisory Board on Liability and; extending its term
and the date by which it is to report to the Governor
and the General Assembly; and making this Act an
emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and

Administrative Departments
Section 514 and 516(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and
Administrative Departments

514.

The Board shall:

(1)  Review lawsuits involving State and local
officials and civic organizations acting as governing bodies
of special taxing districts or their members;

(2)  Evaluate the extent and degree of protection
offered SUCH State and local officials under the Sovereign
Immunity Doctrine;

(3)  Evaluate the potential liability of special taxing
districts and their officers created by State, county, or
municipal governments;

(4)  Examine the potential liability of civic
organizations acting as governing bodies of special taxing
districts and their officers;

(5)  Make an organizational and a progress report to
the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation; and