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Timestamp: 2019-01-22 03:51:17
Document Index: 12358380

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68']

Township of Morris, NJ Indemnification
§ 68-2 Reimbursement of expenses.
§ 68-4 Reduction of reimbursement.
§ 68-5 Notice to Township.
§ 68-6 Approval of settlements.
§ 68-7 Costs attributable to counteraction.
§ 68-8 Time of payment.
§ 68-9 Construal with regard to police.
§ 68-10 When effective; effect on prior actions.
Chapter 68 Indemnification
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Morris 12-6-1989 by Ord. No. 26-89 (Ch. 11B of the 1969 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Personnel policies — See Ch. 15.
Officers and employees — See Ch. 102.
Any officer or employee or board or committee member appointed or hired by the Mayor, Township Committee or Township Administrator, whether full- or part-time. The term shall also include any person elected by the voters to fill any official position in the Township or any person subsequently appointed to fill such position.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the municipality shall reimburse a municipal official for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred (specifically including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) and all monetary judgments imposed upon him in any action or legal proceeding of a noncriminal nature arising out of or incidental to the performance of the duties of the position or office held by such municipal official. The Township shall indemnify a municipal official for exemplary or punitive damages resulting from the municipal official's civil violation of state or federal law if, in the opinion of the Township Committee, the acts committed by the municipal official upon which the damages are based did not constitute actual fraud, actual malice, willful misconduct or an intentional wrong.
Where the legal proceeding involves a claim of misfeasance or malfeasance in office or a claim of fraud, theft or misappropriation of public funds and the municipal official is found liable for the charge.
The amount the Township is obliged to reimburse the municipal official shall be reduced by any insurance coverage payable to the municipal official or by the net amount (recovery less attorneys' fees, disbursements and court costs) of any money received by the municipal official in any counteraction against the person or persons bringing the action against him.
A municipal official shall not be entitled to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to this chapter unless, within 10 calendar days of the time he is served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand or pleading, he delivers the original or a copy thereof to the Township Attorney. The municipal official shall be obliged to cooperate with the Township in the conduct of his defense. Whenever competent and disinterested legal counsel is available to the Township through any insurance coverage, the municipal official shall be obliged to be represented by such counsel. If the Township wishes to use the Township Attorney or the attorney for any board or committee of the Township to defend the action, the municipal official shall be obligated to be represented by that attorney unless there is a conflict of interest. The refusal of the municipal official to cooperate with the Township shall terminate the Township's obligation to reimburse the municipal official.
If the municipal official files a counteraction in the legal proceedings, the municipality shall not be obligated to reimburse him for any attorneys' fees or court costs attributable to such counteraction.
To the extent N.J.S.A. 40A:14-155 provides broader indemnification to members of the municipality's Police Department, that statute shall supersede this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage and publication according to law. Any legal action which may be covered by this chapter which has not been reduced to a final judgement as of the date of passage shall be covered by the terms of this chapter.