4.1-106 - Liability of Board members; suits by and against Board.
§ 4.1-106. Liability of Board members; suits by and against Board.
A. No Board member may be sued civilly for doing or omitting to do any act inthe performance of his duties as prescribed by this title, except by theCommonwealth, and then only in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond.Such proceedings by the Commonwealth shall be instituted and conducted by theAttorney General.
B. The Board may, in the name of the Commonwealth, be sued in the CircuitCourt of the City of Richmond to enforce any contract made by it or torecover damages for any breach thereof. The Board may defend the proceedingsand may institute proceedings in any court. No such proceedings shall betaken against, or in the names of, the members of the Board.
(Code 1950, § 4-12; 1993, c. 866.)