§ 55-19. Immunity from liability.

A. 

Pursuant to § 168-r of the Correction Law, no official, employee or agency of the Town shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for damage for any discretionary decision to release relevant and necessary information to other employees or officials pursuant to this chapter, or to the general public if required by law, unless it is shown that such official, employee or agency acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

B. 

The Town of Brookhaven, its officers and employees shall not be subject to any liability for damages resulting from or suffered in connection with its failure to identify the placement of a prospective employee on the register of sex offenders. The Town's approval of a prospective employee for placement in a sensitive position is not a guarantee of the person's fitness to be in regular and repeated contact with children, or a guarantee that the person has, in fact, not been convicted of a criminal act involving a minor in this or any other state.

C. 

The Town of Brookhaven, its officers and employees shall not be subject to any liability for damages resulting from or suffered in connection with the failure of a registered sex offender to comply with the mandates of this chapter.