WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 594

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved June 2, 1987.

CHAPTER 594

(Senate Bill 237)

AN; ACT concerning

Local Government Tort Claims Act Local Governments and

Employees - Torts

FOR the purpose of establishing a limit on the liability of the
local governments of the State; requiring local governments
to provide a defense for their employees in certain civil
actions; providing for certain defenses and immunities under
certain circumstances; providing that, absent certain
circumstances, certain employees are not personally liable
for committing certain torts; prohibiting an employee from
suing another employee for certain acts; setting forth the
notice required to bring an action against a local
government or its employees; providing that, under certain

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