SB396 Summary

• The offices of Revenue Commissioner and Judge of Probate in Baldwin County are protected from monetary losses up to $2,500 per office annually arising from good faith errors or mistakes made without the officer's personal knowledge.

• Protection covers losses from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money when the error or omission was unintentional.

• Officers and their employees must exercise due care in performing duties and make good faith efforts to collect amounts subject to potential loss immediately upon discovering the loss.

• The act does not apply to deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the officers, clerks, or employees.

• Officers and their staff are not liable for worthless checks if they make a good faith effort to collect payment.