HB119 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, an officer, employee, or agent of the state, including an education employee, is immune from liability when acting in his or her official capacity and is immune from civil liability in his or her personal capacity under certain conditions

This bill would further provide for the immunity and would specify that the term "officer, employee, or agent of the state" in the law includes an officer, employee, or agent of a governmental entity as that term is defined in Section 11-93-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, which generally includes municipalities and counties and their instrumentalities

To amend Act 2014-124 of the 2014 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 36-1-12, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the immunity of an officer, employee, or agent of the state, including an education employee under certain conditions; to further provide for the immunity and that the immunity applies to an officer, employee, or agent of a governmental entity as that term is defined in Section 11-93-1, Code of Alabama 1975.