2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 12 - Quasi-Public Agencies
Section 1-125 - Directors, officers and employees not personally liable. Indemnification.

The directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, and the 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 Region Development Authority, the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut, Connecticut Airport Authority, Connecticut Lottery Corporation, Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange and the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority 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; P.A. 10-117, S. 90; P.A. 11-53, S. 18; 11-84, S. 19; P.A. 12-147, S. 4; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 186; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 166.)

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; P.A. 10-117 added “the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut”, effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-53 added “Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-84 added “Connecticut Airport Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-147 replaced “Capital City Economic Development Authority” with “Capital Region Development Authority”, effective June 15, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted “the Connecticut Development Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 added “and the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.