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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-525" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Governmental">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “constituent service” includes intervention for individuals or entities that have requests of, or grievances against, any public or private entity or individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Constituent service” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The operation of a motor vehicle or other conveyance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An act or omission that constitutes a criminal offense.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A member of a state legislature, including a member of the General Assembly of Maryland, who, in good faith, provides a constituent service is not civilly liable for any act or omission related to the constituent service and within the scope of the public duties of the member.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not supersede or constitute a waiver of a member’s constitutional, statutory, or common law privileges or immunities.</text>
  </level>
</section>
