Section 5-508 - Immunity - Counties governed by commissioners; officers of public drainage or watershed associations.
§ 5-508. Immunity - Counties governed by commissioners; officers of public drainage or watershed associations.
(a) Contract actions against counties.- In an action in contract described under Article 25, § 1A of the Code, a county governed by county commissioners and organized according to the provisions of Article 25 of the Code, or its officer, department, agency, board, commission, or other unit of county government, is not liable for punitive damages.
(b) Officers of public drainage or watershed associations.- An officer or director of a public drainage association or public watershed association, while acting in a discretionary capacity, without malice, and within the scope of the officer's or director's employment or authority is immune as an official or individual from civil liability for any act or omission.
[1990, ch. 546, § 3; 1997, ch. 14, § 9.]