§ 512b-9

512B.9 Personal liability. 1. The officers and members of the supreme governing body or any subordinate body of a society are not personally liable for any benefits provided by a society. 2. a. A person may be indemnified and reimbursed by a society for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon, the person in connection with or arising out ofa proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, or a threat of actionin which the person is or may be involved by reason of the person being a director, officer,employee, or agent of the society or of any other legal entity or position which the personserved in any capacity at the request of the society. b. However, a person shall not be so indemnified or reimbursed for either of the following:(1) In relation to any matter to which the person is finally adjudged to be or have been guilty of breach of a duty as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the society. (2) In relation to any matter which has been made the subject of a compromise settlement.c. However, if 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

ch has been made the subject of a compromise settlement.c. However, if 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 addition, in a criminalproceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful, paragraph'b', subparagraphs (1) and (2), do not apply. The determination whether the conduct of theperson met the standard required in order to justify indemnification and reimbursement inrelation to any matter described in paragraph 'b', subparagraph (1) or (2), may only be madeby the supreme governing body by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of persons whowere not parties to the proceeding or by a court of competent jurisdiction. The terminationof a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, asto a person, does not in itself create a conclusive presumption that the person met or did notmeet the standard of conduct required in order to justify indemnification and reimbursement.The right of indemnification and reimbursement is not exclusive of other rights to which aperson may be entitled as a matter of law and shall inure

order to justify indemnification and reimbursement.The right of indemnification and reimbursement is not exclusive of other rights to which aperson may be entitled as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the person’s heirs,executors, and administrators. 3. A society may 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 requestof the society as a director, officer, employee, or agent of any other legal entity affiliated withthe society against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in anysuch capacity or arising out of the person’s status in relation to the society, whether or notthe society would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under thissection. 4. A volunteer serving without compensation, a director, officer, employee, or member of a society, is not liable, and no cause of action may be brought, for damages resulting fromthe exercise of judgment or discretion in connection with the duties or responsibilities of thatperson for the society unless the act or omission alleged to be an exercise of

or damages resulting fromthe exercise of judgment or discretion in connection with the duties or responsibilities of thatperson for the society unless the act or omission alleged to be an exercise of judgment ordiscretion involved willful or wanton misconduct. 90 Acts, ch 1148, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §66 Sat Dec 23 00:43:13 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 512B.9 (16, 0)