H.B. 256

VETOES

ENTITIES THAT HAVE REQUESTS OF, OR GRIEVANCES AGAINST, OR A NEED FOR
ACCESS TO ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL.

(2)      "CONSTITUENT SERVICE" DOES NOT INCLUDE:

(I)      THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER
CONVEYANCE; OR

(II)     AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.

(B)     A MEMBER OF A STATE LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING A MEMBER OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, WHO, IN GOOD FAITH, PROVIDES A
CONSTITUENT SERVICES SERVICE OR MAKES A COMMUNICATION ON BEHALF OF A
CONSTITUENT IS NOT CIVILLY LIABLE OR SUBJECT TO DEPOSITION OR
EXAMINATION FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION RELATED TO THE CONSTITUENT
SERVICE AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC DUTIES OF THE MEMBER.

(C)     THIS SECTION DOES NOT SUPERSEDE OR CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF A
MEMBER'S CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY, OR COMMON LAW PRIVILEGES OR
IMMUNITIES.

5-399.9.

(A) A MEMBER OF A STATE LEGISLATURE, INCLUDING A MEMBER OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, WHO MAKES A COMMUNICATION ON BEHALF OF A
CONSTITUENT IS NOT CIVILLY LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION UNLESS THE COMMUNICATION
IS FALSE AND MADE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF OR IN RECKLESS DISREGARD OF ITS FALSITY.

(B) THIS SECTION DOES NOT SUPERSEDE OR CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF A
MEMBER'S CONSTITUTIONAL STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW PRIVILEGES OR
IMMUNITIES.

12-303.

A party may appeal from any of the following interlocutory orders entered by a circuit
court in a civil case:

(1) An order entered with regard to the possession of property with which the
action is concerned or with reference to the receipt or charging of the income, interest, or
dividends therefrom, or the refusal to modify, dissolve, or discharge such an order.

(2) An order granting or denying a motion to quash a writ of attachment.

(3)     An order:

(i) Granting or dissolving an injunction, but if the appeal is from an order
granting an injunction, only if the appellant has first filed his answer in the cause.

(ii) Refusing to dissolve an injunction, but only if the appellant has first
filed his answer in the cause.

(iii) Refusing to grant an injunction: and the right of appeal is not
prejudiced by the filing of an answer to the bill of complaint or petition for an injunction on

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