Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2708.1
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No personal liability - Indemnification and
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reimbursement - Insurance.
A. The officers and members of the supreme governing body or
any subordinate body of a society shall not be personally liable for
any benefits provided by a society.
B. Any person may be indemnified and reimbursed by any society
for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon,
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such person in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, or threat thereof, in which the person may be
involved by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the society or of any firm,
corporation or organization which he or she served in any capacity
at the request of the society. A person shall not be so indemnified
or reimbursed:
1. In relation to any matter in such action, suit or proceeding
as to which he or she shall finally be adjudged to be or have been
guilty of breach of a duty as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the society; or
2. In relation to any matter in such action, suit or
proceeding, or threat thereof, which has been made the subject of a
compromise settlement,
unless in either such case the person acted in good faith for a
purpose the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the society and, in a criminal action or
proceeding, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his
or her conduct was unlawful. The determination whether the conduct
of such person met the standard required in order to justify
indemnification and reimbursement in relation to any matter
described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection may only be made by
the supreme governing body or board of directors by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of persons who were not parties to such
action, suit or proceeding or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, as to
such person shall not in itself create a conclusive presumption that
the person did not meet the standard of conduct required in order to
justify indemnification and reimbursement. The foregoing right of
indemnification and reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other
rights to which such person may be entitled as a matter of law and
shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators.
C. A society shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the society, or who is or was serving at the
request of the society as a director, officer, employee or agent of
any other firm, corporation, or organization against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not
the society would have the power to indemnify the person against
such liability under this section.
A. The officers and members of the supreme governing body or
any subordinate body of a society shall not be personally liable for
any benefits provided by a society.
B. Any person may be indemnified and reimbursed by any society
for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 715
such person in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, or threat thereof, in which the person may be
involved by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the society or of any firm,
corporation or organization which he or she served in any capacity
at the request of the society. A person shall not be so indemnified
or reimbursed:
1. In relation to any matter in such action, suit or proceeding
as to which he or she shall finally be adjudged to be or have been
guilty of breach of a duty as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the society; or
2. In relation to any matter in such action, suit or
proceeding, or threat thereof, which has been made the subject of a
compromise settlement,
unless in either such case the person acted in good faith for a
purpose the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the society and, in a criminal action or
proceeding, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his
or her conduct was unlawful. The determination whether the conduct
of such person met the standard required in order to justify
indemnification and reimbursement in relation to any matter
described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection may only be made by
the supreme governing body or board of directors by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of persons who were not parties to such
action, suit or proceeding or by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, as to
such person shall not in itself create a conclusive presumption that
the person did not meet the standard of conduct required in order to
justify indemnification and reimbursement. The foregoing right of
indemnification and reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other
rights to which such person may be entitled as a matter of law and
shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators.
C. A society shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the society, or who is or was serving at the
request of the society as a director, officer, employee or agent of
any other firm, corporation, or organization against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not
the society would have the power to indemnify the person against
such liability under this section.
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