The author discussed the premises of public functionaries’ liability for damages and procedure of its realization due to the Public Functionaries Financial Liability for Flagrant Breaches of Law Act of 20 January 2011. The aims of this Act as formulated by the legislator were: a reduction of number of flagrant breaches of law cases including administrative decisions issued with contravention of the law, a betterment of carrying out business activities conditions and at the same time contribution to business development, a diminution of financial burdens of State Treasury and other public entities, and an increase of citizen’s trust in public administration. During legislative process many reservations to bills regulating public functionaries’ liability were raised by legal experts. Unfortunately, these critical remarks have not been taken into account by the legislator. Therefore, the important question of making recourse liability of public functionaries real is still not resolved. In the article following questions have been described: the subjective and objective scope of public functionaries’ civil liability, premises of it and procedural regulations. The author pointed out some controversial questions concerning participation of a regional prosecutor in the proceedings which aim at a recourse liability of public functionary, and presented the most convincing solutions of them.
The author discussed the objective scope of public functionaries’ liability for damages due to the Public Functionaries Financial Liability for Flagrant Breaches of Law Act of 20 January 2011. In the article some legal problems dealt with narrow scope of public functionarius’ liability as regulated by the legislator have been analyzed.
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