KCSARA Bylaws: Indemnification of officers
Each Officer now or hereafter serving KCSARA and each person who at the request of or on behalf of KCSARA, is now serving or hereafter serves as a Trustee, Director or Officer of any other corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, and the respective heirs, executors and administrators of each of them shall be indemnified by KCSARA to the fullest extent provided by law against all costs, expenses, judgements, and liabilities, including attorneys fees reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him/her in connection with or resulting from any claim , action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he or she may be made a party by reason of his or her being or having been such Officer at the time of such costs, expenses, judgements, and liabilities, provided that in his or her official capacity with KCSARA, he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed not opposed to the interests of the KCSARA, and in the case of criminal proceedings, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgement, order settlements or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, be a presumption, that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of KCSARA or had reasonably believed his or her conduct was unlawful. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such Officer may be entitled as a matter of law.
The Governing Body may obtain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was an Officer or agent against any liability arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not they would have power to indemnify him or her against such liability. Such indemnification shall be governed bu and consistent with RCW 24.03.035 (14) and RCW 23A.o8.o25, as amended.
Last updated on July 24, 2007.