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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="30-210.1" title_number="30" title_name="Optional Retirement Program" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Optional Retirement Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “covered individual” means an employee of an employing institution with discretionary authority over the management or administration of any of the supplemental retirement plans or the management or disposition of the assets of any of the supplemental retirement plans.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the State shall indemnify a covered individual who is, or is threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding, including an administrative or investigative proceeding, by reason of the covered individual’s service as an employee of an employing institution with discretionary authority over the management or administration of any of the supplemental retirement plans or the management or disposition of the assets of any of the supplemental retirement plans.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “expenses” include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reasonable attorney’s fees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>judgments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>fines; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>other expenses that were actually and reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with the action or proceeding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With respect to a civil, administrative, or investigative action or proceeding, the State shall indemnify a covered individual for the expenses of the action or proceeding if the covered individual acted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in good faith; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in a manner the covered individual reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the supplemental retirement plans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>With respect to a criminal action or proceeding, the State shall indemnify a covered individual for the expenses of the action or proceeding if the covered individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>acted in good faith;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>acted in a manner the covered individual reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the supplemental retirement plans; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>did not have reasonable cause to believe that the covered individual’s conduct was unlawful.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any termination of an action or proceeding does not, of itself, create a presumption that the covered individual did not meet the standards for indemnification described in subsection (b)(2) and (3) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State may not indemnify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a covered individual with respect to an action or proceeding as to which the covered individual was held liable for gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the covered individual’s duty to the supplemental retirement plans; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an independent contractor furnishing services to the supplemental retirement plans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State shall provide insurance for a covered individual eligible for indemnification under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purpose of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the State may provide self-insurance under terms and conditions satisfactory to the State Treasurer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A covered individual may not be required to pay amounts attributable to liability described in this section because the State does not provide adequate insurance coverage or otherwise fails to indemnify in accordance with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
