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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-12 Fiduciary standards; Indemnification; Insurance.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-12" heading="Fiduciary standards; Indemnification; Insurance.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Acting as a fiduciary ...” defined.">For purposes of this section, a person is “acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Plan” to the extent that the person:<para num="(1)">exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the Retirement Savings Plan;</para>
      <para num="(2)">exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management or disposition of Plan assets; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">has any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in administering the Plan.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Fiduciary standards.">The trustees and every other person “acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Plan” must discharge their duties with respect to the Plan:<para num="(1)">solely in the interest of members and beneficiaries and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to members and beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plan;</para>
      <para num="(2)">with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="|22A"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; and with the documents and instruments governing the Plan.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Indemnification.">
      <para num="(1)">To the extent allowable by applicable law, the City may indemnify every person who is made or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding, including any administrative or investigative proceeding, by reason of “acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Plan”.</para>
      <para num="(2)">This indemnification may cover those expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding, including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, indemnification may not be made with respect to:<para num="(i)">any action, suit, or proceeding as to which the person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an independent contractor providing services to the Plan.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Fiduciary insurance.">The City may provide insurance or self-insurance to cover potential liability resulting from an act or failure to act on the part of any person “acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Plan”.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Failure to indemnify or adequately insure.">If the City fails to indemnify or provide adequate insurance for any person “acting as a fiduciary with respect to the Plan”, the City assumes all liability resulting from that person’s act or failure to act.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
