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| 8.__Additional advisory committees.__The commission may establish | | advisory committees in addition to those described in subsection 7 | | as its bylaws may provide for the carrying out of its functions. |
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| | | 9.__Corporate records of the commission.__The commission shall | | maintain its corporate books and records in accordance with the | | bylaws. |
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| | | 10.__Qualified immunity, defense and indemnification.__The | | members, officers, executive director, employees and | | representatives of the commission are immune from suit and | | liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for | | any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or | | other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or | | alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person | | against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for | | believing occurred, within the scope of commission employment, | | duties or responsibilities.__Nothing in this subsection may be | | construed to protect any person from suit or liability for any | | damage, loss, injury or liability caused by the intentional or | | willful and wanton misconduct of that person. |
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| | | 11.__Defend.__The commission shall defend any member, officer, | | executive director, employee or representative of the commission | | in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of | | any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within | | the scope of commission employment, duties or responsibilities, | | or that the person against whom the claim is made had a | | reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of | | commission employment, duties or responsibilities, as long as the | | actual or alleged act, error or omission did not result from that | | person's intentional or willful and wanton misconduct.__Nothing | | in this subsection may be construed to prohibit that person from | | retaining counsel. |
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| | | 12.__Indemnification.__The commission shall indemnify and hold | | harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee or | | representative of the commission for the amount of any settlement | | or judgment obtained against that person arising out of any | | actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within the | | scope of commission employment, duties or responsibilities, or | | that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred | | within the scope of commission employment, duties or | | responsibilities, as long as the actual or alleged act, error or | | omission did not result from the intentional or willful and | | wanton misconduct of that person. |
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