(a) Each commissioner, the executive director, and each employee of an authority is:
(1) a local official for the purposes of Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part II of the General Provisions Article and subject to local ethics laws; and
(2) an employee of a local government for the purposes of Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article and entitled to the protections of the Local Government Tort Claims Act.
(b) A commissioner of an authority is not liable for a statement made or action taken in good faith in the exercise or performance of a power or duty of the commissioner.