HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article - State Government

12-307.

Information that the Attorney General obtains under [§
12-304(a)(l)(i), (ii), (iv), or (v), (b)(2)(i), (c)(2), or (d), §
12-305, § 12-306, § 12-308, § 12-309, or § 12-310] §
12-304(A)(1)(III) of this subtitle is confidential and
inadmissible as evidence in any legal action or special
proceeding. Reference to the information may not be made in any
hearing or trial.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect October 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 268

(House Bill 1560)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Tort Claims Act

FOR the purpose of altering, in the Maryland Tort Claims Act, a
provision as to the effect of a settlement.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - State Government
Section 12-106(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (S.B. 50) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1984)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

12-106.

(c) (1) Unless a contract with a private insurer provides
otherwise, the Treasurer or designee may compromise and settle a
claim for money damages after the Treasurer or designee consults
with the Attorney General.

(2) The acceptance of a settlement by a claimant is,
AS TO THAT CLAIMANT: