Members of the boards of regents of the educational institutions of the state shall not be held personally liable in any action at law based upon a claim for damages arising out of any act or failure to act of that board of regents.
HISTORY:
1953 73-30-13.1, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 156, § 1.
Notes to Decisions
Governmental immunity.
In an action against a college, its board, and its officials for retaliatory termination from employment for exercising rights under U.S. Const. amends. I, the college, its board, and its officials were not entitled to qualified immunity under 21-2-18 NMSA 1978 because state law could not immunize persons from liability under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983. Leach v. N.M. Junior College, 2002-NMCA-039, 132 N.M. 106, 45 P.3d 46, 2002 N.M. App. LEXIS 17 (N.M. Ct. App.), cert. denied, 132 N.M. 83, 44 P.3d 529, 2002 N.M. LEXIS 135 (N.M. 2002), cert. denied, 132 N.M. 83, 44 P.3d 529, 2002 N.M. LEXIS 139 (N.M. 2002).