42 Pa. C.S. § 8546 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS — MATTERS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT UNITS — ACTIONS AGAINST LOCAL PARTIES —OFFICIAL IMMUNITY — Defense of official immunity

In any action brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property based upon claims arising from, or reasonably related to, the office or the performance of the duties of the employee, the employee may assert on his own behalf, or the local agency may assert on his behalf:

(1) Defenses which are available at common law to the employee.
(2) The defense that the conduct of the employee which gave rise to the claim was authorized or required by law, or that he in good faith reasonably believed the conduct was authorized or required by law.
(3) The defense that the act of the employee which gave rise to the claim was within the policymaking discretion granted to the employee by law. For purposes of this subsection, all acts of members of the governing body of a local agency or of the chief executive officer thereof are deemed to be within the policymaking discretion granted to such person by law.

42 Pa.C.S. § 8546

1980, Oct. 5, P.L. 693, No. 142, § 221(l), effective in 60 days.