Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Section 8.102
General Scope of Permissive Indemnification


(a)

Subject to Subsection (b), an enterprise may indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate against:

(1)

a judgment; and

(2)

expenses, other than a judgment, that are reasonable and actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding.

(b)

Indemnification under this subchapter of a person who is found liable to the enterprise or is found liable because the person improperly received a personal benefit:

(1)

is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding;

(2)

does not include a judgment, a penalty, a fine, and an excise or similar tax, including an excise tax assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and

(3)

may not be made in relation to a proceeding in which the person has been found liable for:

(A)

wilful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person’s duty to the enterprise;

(B)

breach of the person’s duty of loyalty owed to the enterprise; or

(C)

an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the enterprise.

(c)

A governing person, former governing person, or delegate is considered to have been found liable in relation to a claim, issue, or matter only if the liability is established by an order, including a judgment or decree of a court, and all appeals of the order are exhausted or foreclosed by law.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Source: Section 8.102 — General Scope of Permissive Indemnification, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.­8.­htm#8.­102 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 8.102’s source at texas​.gov