<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-41A-16 - Indemnity of officers and employees for official acts--Liability insurance for protection. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2037035Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2037035SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2037035CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2037035Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2037035DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2037035000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2037035SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2037035SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2037035Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-41A-16"><span class="s2037035SENU">9-41A-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2037035SENU">. </span><span class="s2037035CL">Indemnity of officers and employees for official acts--Liability insurance for protection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2037035Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2037035DefaultParagraphFont">A municipal power agency may indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of the municipal power agency, in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, arising out of an act or omission occurring within the scope of the employment or exercise of duty by such director, officer, employee or agent as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-19-1"><span class="s2037035DefaultParagraphFont">3-19-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2037035DefaultParagraphFont">. The municipal power agency may also procure insurance against any such liability of a director, officer, employee, or agent in such amount as the board of directors of the agency may determine to be necessary or desirable, without regard to the indemnity limit set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-19-2"><span class="s2037035DefaultParagraphFont">3-19-2</span></a><span class="s2037035DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2037035Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2037035000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2037035Normal"><span class="s2037035SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2037035SCL-000002"> SL 1978, ch 66, § 43.</span></p></div></body></html>