HB119 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve McMillan

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Governmental immunity for officers and employees of the state, official capacity and personal capacity, term includes governmental entities such as counties and municipalities as defined in Sec. 11-93-1, Code of Alabama 1975, Act 2014-124, 2014 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 36-1-12 am'd.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Civil Procedure