The directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the Connecticut Housing Authority, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, including ad hoc members of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Capital Region Development Authority, the Connecticut Airport Authority, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, the Connecticut Green Bank, the Connecticut Retirement Security Authority, the Connecticut Port Authority, the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority, the State Education Resource Center and the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority and any person executing the bonds or notes of the agency shall not be liable personally on such bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof, nor shall any director or employee of the agency, including ad hoc members of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, be personally liable for damage or injury, not wanton, reckless, wilful or malicious, caused in the performance of his or her duties and within the scope of his or her employment or appointment as such director, officer or employee, including ad hoc members of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority. The agency shall protect, save harmless and indemnify its directors, officers or employees, including ad hoc members of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or alleged deprivation of any person's civil rights or any other act or omission resulting in damage or injury, if the director, officer or employee, including ad hoc members of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, is found to have been acting in the discharge of his or her duties or within the scope of his or her employment and such act or omission is found not to have been wanton, reckless, wilful or malicious.
(P.A. 88-266, S. 44, 46; P.A. 89-245, S. 3; P.A. 93-413, S. 12, 16; P.A. 96-212, S. 22, 32; P.A. 98-179, S. 15, 30; P.A. 01-143, S. 6, 8; P.A. 04-143, S. 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 70; P.A. 10-117, S. 90; P.A. 11-53, S. 18; 11-84, S. 19; P.A. 12-147, S. 4; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 186; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 166; P.A. 14-94, S. 1, 29; 14-212, S. 8; 14-217, S. 37, 172; 14-222, S. 7; P.A. 15-18, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 39; P.A. 16-29, S. 17; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 207; P.A. 19-25, S. 25; 19-117, S. 227.)
History: P.A. 89-245 renamed Connecticut Product Development Corporation as Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated; P.A. 93-413 applied provisions of the section to directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Coastline Port Authority, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-212 applied section to directors, officers and employees of Connecticut Lottery Corporation, effective, July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-179 added Capital City Economic Development Authority, effective June 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: The new reference to “Capital City Economic Development Authority” was moved editorially by the Revisors to follow the existing reference to “Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority” to correct a technical placement error); P.A. 01-143 changed Connecticut Coastline Port Authority to Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 6, 2001; P.A. 04-143 eliminated reference to Connecticut Port Authority, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added provisions re ad hoc members of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 10-117 added “the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut”, effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-53 added “Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-84 added “Connecticut Airport Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-147 replaced “Capital City Economic Development Authority” with “Capital Region Development Authority”, effective June 15, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted “the Connecticut Development Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 added “and the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” and “Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” and “Connecticut Green Bank”, respectively, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-212 added “and the State Education Resource Center” and made a conforming change, effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 14-217 added “the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation”, deleted “the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-222 added “the Connecticut Port Authority” and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2015; P.A. 15-18 added “the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation” and “the State Education Resource Center” and deleted “the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added “the Connecticut Port Authority”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-29 added “the Connecticut Retirement Security Authority,” effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 17, from July 1, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 19-25 added “and the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-117 added “the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority”.