Sec. 36a-97. (Formerly Sec. 36-9ee). Limitation on liability of directors of banks and credit unions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 36a-97. (Formerly Sec. 36-9ee). Limitation on liability of directors of banks and credit unions. The certificate of incorporation or charter of a bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union may contain a provision limiting the personal liability of a director to the bank or credit union or its members or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director to an amount that is not less than the compensation received by the director for serving the bank or credit union during the year of the violation if such breach did not (1) involve a knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (2) enable the director or an associate, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 33-843, to receive an improper personal economic gain, (3) show a lack of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the bank or credit union under circumstances in which the director was aware that the director's conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the bank or credit union, (4) constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of the director's duty to the bank or credit union, or (5) create liability under section 36a-58. No such provision shall limit or preclude the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of such provision.

      (P.A. 90-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-122, S. 48, 340; P.A. 96-271, S. 189, 254.)

      History: P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-9ee transferred to Sec. 36a-97 in 1995; P.A. 96-271 replaced reference to Sec. 33-374d with Sec. 33-843, effective January 1, 1997.