(a) Unless the act or omission constituted gross negligence, a person may not recover tort damages for personal injury, death, or damage to property for an act or omission to act in the course and scope of official duties, from one of the following:

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.65.170

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(1) a member of the board of directors or an officer of a nonprofit corporation;
(2) a member of the board of directors of a public or nonprofit hospital, or a member of a citizen’s advisory board of any hospital;
(3) a member of a school board of a school district;
(4) a member of the governing body, a commission, or a citizen’s advisory committee of a municipality of the state;
(5) a member of the board of directors, an officer, or an employee of a regional development organization.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the duties and liabilities of a director or officer of a nonprofit corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s shareholders may not be limited or modified.
(c) In this section,

(1) “nonprofit corporation” means a corporation that qualifies for exemption from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or (4) (Internal Revenue Code);
(2) “regional development organization” means a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation formed to encourage economic development within a particular region of the state that includes the entire area of each municipality within that region and that has a board of directors that represents the region’s economic, political, and social interests.
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