Section 11-40-18.2 Liability and indemnification under firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-40-18.2

Liability and indemnification under firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system.

In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, in any Class 1 municipality, the board of firemen and policemen for the Class 1 municipality, the members of the board of firemen and policemen, and any officer, employee, or agent of a Class 1 municipality or of the board of firemen and policemen shall not incur any liability, individually or on behalf of any other individuals or on behalf of a Class 1 municipality or the board of firemen and policemen in a Class 1 municipality, for any act or failure to act in relation to the plan or the fund of any firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system established pursuant to Act 556 of the 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959, p. 1376).

In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, officers and members of the board, employees in any Class 1 municipalities, and agents of any Class 1 municipality and of the board of firemen and policemen shall be indemnified against any and all liabilities arising by reason of any act, or failure to act, in relation to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. This indemnification shall not apply to any act or failure to act made in bad faith, nor shall it apply to a paid consultant or paid agent of the fund. This indemnification shall include, without limitation, expenses reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system, and amounts paid in any compromise or settlement relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. The indemnification shall be paid from the fund and shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.

(Act 2001-966, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 860, §1; Act 2004-438, p. 748, §1.)