Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-22. Indemnification
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state shall indemnify, exonerate, defend, and hold harmless the director of the department of revenue and any fiscal overseer, budget commission member, receiver, or administration and finance officer, and any managerial, professional, or clerical staff hired, retained, or employed by the director of the department of revenue, or any fiscal overseer, budget and review commission, receiver, or administration and finance officer under this chapter, from all loss, cost, expense, and damage, including legal fees and court costs, if any, arising out of any contract, claim, action, compromise, settlement, or judgment by reason of any intentional tort or by reason of any alleged error or misstatement or action or omission, or neglect or violation of the rights of any person under any federal or state law, arising out of, or relating to, actions taken or omitted by such person under this chapter, except in the case of intentional malfeasance, malicious conduct, or gross negligence. The costs of such indemnity and defense shall be paid for solely from amounts available in the city’s, town‘s, or fire district’s general fund, from amounts appropriated by the general assembly for such purposes, or from other available funds to the extent permitted by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 279, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 33, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-22
- Budget commission: means the budget and review commission established under § 45-9-5 and § 45-9-6. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal overseer: means the financial overseer appointed under § 45-9-3. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- Officer: means the chief administrative and financial officer appointed under § 45-9-10 after abolition of a fiscal overseer or a budget commission or a receiver in a city, town, or fire district. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Receiver: means the receiver appointed pursuant to § 45-9-7 or § 45-9-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-9-2
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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.
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9