PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
CHAPTER 535
(House Bill 1275)

Ch. 535

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Tort Claims Act - Scope - County-Funded State Offices

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "State personnel" under the Maryland Tort
Claims Act to include certain county funded State offices for purposes of providing
certain protections under the Act to the State offices officials and employees;
providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to the scope of the
Maryland Tort Claims Act as to county funded State offices.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 12-101 (a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

12-101.

(a) In this subtitle, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "State
personnel" means:

(1) a State employee or official who is paid in whole or in part by the
Central Payroll Bureau in the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury;

(2) an employee or official of the:

(i) Maryland Transportation Authority;

(ii) Injured Workers' Insurance Fund;

(iii) Maryland Stadium Authority;

(iv) Maryland Environmental Service;

(v) overseas programs of the University College of the University of
Maryland System; and

(vi) Maryland Economic Development Corporation;

(3) a person who:

(i) is a member of a State board, commission, or similar State entity;

or

(ii) 1. is providing a service to or for the State;

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