(a) Any public corporation shall be immune from civil suit for damages to the same extent as a department of state government.
(b) No board member, executive committee member, or individual employee, whether employed directly by a public corporation or on loan, detail, or other form of assignment to a public corporation, shall incur any personal, civil, or criminal liability for the performance of any official duty pursuant to this chapter, except for an act involving willful misconduct, illegal activity, gross or wanton negligence, or bad faith.
(c) While in the performance of any employment, duty, or responsibility for and on behalf of the public corporation, no individual employee, board member, or committee member shall be deemed an agent or employee for purposes of civil liability for claims and damages of any county, municipality, or member governing body.
(d) Official acts of public corporations and individuals pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed a governmental function of the state imposed by federal and state laws for the benefit of the public generally, for which the corporations and individuals are immune, and no member governing body shall be legally responsible for any of their official actions, except for an act involving willful misconduct, willful illegal activity, gross or wanton negligence, or bad faith.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Chapter 89C - Storm Water Discharges Into Separate Storm Sewers.
Section 11-89C-1 - Legislative Findings and Intent.
Section 11-89C-2 - Definitions.
Section 11-89C-3 - Public Corporation - Procedure for Incorporation.
Section 11-89C-5 - Exemption of Public Corporation From Fees and Taxes.
Section 11-89C-6 - Member Governing Bodies Granted Power of Eminent Domain.
Section 11-89C-7 - Public Corporation to Be Nonprofit; Dissolution.
Section 11-89C-8 - Immunity of Corporation, Board Members, and Employees.
Section 11-89C-9 - Powers of Governing Bodies.
Section 11-89C-10 - Assessment, Collection, etc., of Fees, Charges, or Assessments.
Section 11-89C-12 - No Enforcement Action by Governing Body Where Adem Has Taken Certain Actions.
Section 11-89C-13 - Liberal Construction.
Section 11-89C-14 - Effect of Chapter on State Entities.
Section 11-89C-15 - Revision of Regulations and Permits; Compliance With 2014 Amendments.