Connecticut General Statutes 36a-97 – Limitation on liability of directors of banks and credit unions
The certificate of incorporation or charter of a bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union may contain a provision limiting the personal liability of a director to the bank or credit union or its members or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director to an amount that is not less than the compensation received by the director for serving the bank or credit union during the year of the violation if such breach did not (1) involve a knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (2) enable the director or an associate, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 33-843, to receive an improper personal economic gain, (3) show a lack of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the bank or credit union under circumstances in which the director was aware that the director’s conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the bank or credit union, (4) constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of the director’s duty to the bank or credit union, or (5) create liability under section 36a-58. No such provision shall limit or preclude the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of such provision.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-97
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Director: means a member of the governing board of a financial institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Federal credit union: means any institution chartered or organized as a federal credit union pursuant to the laws of the United States having its principal office in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2