In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, in any Class 1 municipality, the board of firemen and policemen for the Class 1 municipality, the members of the board of firemen and policemen, and any officer, employee, or agent of a Class 1 municipality or of the board of firemen and policemen shall not incur any liability, individually or on behalf of any other individuals or on behalf of a Class 1 municipality or the board of firemen and policemen in a Class 1 municipality, for any act or failure to act in relation to the plan or the fund of any firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system established pursuant to Act 556 of the 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959, p. 1376).
In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, officers and members of the board, employees in any Class 1 municipalities, and agents of any Class 1 municipality and of the board of firemen and policemen shall be indemnified against any and all liabilities arising by reason of any act, or failure to act, in relation to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. This indemnification shall not apply to any act or failure to act made in bad faith, nor shall it apply to a paid consultant or paid agent of the fund. This indemnification shall include, without limitation, expenses reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system, and amounts paid in any compromise or settlement relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. The indemnification shall be paid from the fund and shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 40 - General Provisions.
Section 11-40-3 - Acquisition of Rights, Power, and Authority Granted.
Section 11-40-5 - Corporate Limits Not Altered or Affected by Adoption of Code.
Section 11-40-7 - Change of Name.
Section 11-40-8 - Division of Municipalities Into Wards.
Section 11-40-9 - Continuation of Present Organization.
Section 11-40-10.1 - Contracts for Certain Law Enforcement Services of Class 6 Municipality.
Section 11-40-11 - When Change in Form of Government Takes Effect.
Section 11-40-12 - Classification of Municipalities.
Section 11-40-13 - Notice Required for Enactment of General Law Applying to Single Municipality.
Section 11-40-16 - Creation of Enterprise Zones Within Class 1 Cities; Purpose.
Section 11-40-17 - Minimum Monthly Retirement and Survivor's Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities.
Section 11-40-17.3 - Retroactive Deferred Retirement Option Plan.
Section 11-40-22 - Mayor Authorized to Award Municipal Employees for Exemplary Performance, Etc.
Section 11-40-23 - License Tax for Collecting, etc., Waste Grease and Animal By-Products.
Section 11-40-25 - Municipal Officers Removed by Operation of Law.