Sec. 1-125. Directors, officers and employees not personally liable. Indemnification.
Sec. 1-125. Directors, officers and employees not personally liable. Indemnification. The directors, officers and employees of the Connecticut Development Authority, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Connecticut Housing
Authority, Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, including ad hoc members of
the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Connecticut Health and Educational
Facilities Authority, Capital City Economic Development Authority and Connecticut
Lottery Corporation and any person executing the bonds or notes of the agency shall
not be liable personally on such bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability
or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof, nor shall any director or employee
of the agency, including ad hoc members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, be personally liable for damage or injury, not wanton, reckless, wilful or malicious, caused in the performance of his or her duties and within the scope of his or her
employment or appointment as such director, officer or employee, including ad hoc
members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority. The agency shall protect,
save harmless and indemnify its directors, officers or employees, including ad hoc members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, from financial loss and expense,
including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment
by reason of alleged negligence or alleged deprivation of any person's civil rights or any
other act or omission resulting in damage or injury, if the director, officer or employee,
including ad hoc members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, is found
to have been acting in the discharge of his or her duties or within the scope of his or her
employment and such act or omission is found not to have been wanton, reckless, wilful
or malicious.
(P.A. 88-266, S. 44, 46; P.A. 89-245, S. 3; P.A. 93-413, S. 12, 16; P.A. 96-212, S. 22, 32; P.A. 98-179, S. 15, 30; P.A.
01-143, S. 6, 8; P.A. 04-143, S. 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 70.)
History: P.A. 89-245 renamed Connecticut Product Development Corporation as Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated; P.A. 93-413 applied provisions of the section to directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Coastline Port
Authority, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-212 applied section to directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Lottery
Corporation, effective, July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-179 added Capital City Economic Development Authority, effective June 1,
1998 (Revisor's note: The new reference to "Capital City Economic Development Authority" was moved editorially by
the Revisors to follow the existing reference to "Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority" to correct a
technical placement error); P.A. 01-143 changed Connecticut Coastline Port Authority to Connecticut Port Authority,
effective July 6, 2001; P.A. 04-143 eliminated reference to Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp.
Sess. P.A. 04-2 added provisions re ad hoc members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, effective May
12, 2004.