Employees of the Municipal Water Department shall be relieved from personal liability, when acting in good faith and without malice, for any damage that may occur to any person or property as a result of any act required or authorized by the regulations affecting the Municipal Water Department; cross-connections, backflow prevention devices or by any act or omission of the employee of the Municipal Water Department in the discharge of his or her duties hereunder. Any suit brought carrying out the provisions of these regulations shall be defended by the municipality, or by the municipality’s insurance carrier, if any, through final determination of such proceedings.
(Prior Code, § 3-136)