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| 4.__Qualified immunity, defense and indemnification.__The | following provisions govern qualified immunity, defense and | indemnification. |
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| A.__The members, officers, executive director and employees | of the interstate 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 or arising out of an | actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred | within the scope of interstate commission employment, duties | or responsibilities.__Nothing in this paragraph may be | construed to protect any such person from suit or liability | for any damage, loss, injury or liability caused by the | intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of any such | person. |
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| B.__The interstate commission shall defend the commissioner | of a compacting state, a commissioner's representatives or | employees or the interstate commission's representatives or | employees, in a civil action seeking to impose liability, | arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission | that occurred within the scope of interstate commission | employment, duties or responsibilities, or that the | defendant had a reasonable basis for believing occurred | within the scope of interstate commission employment, duties | or responsibilities, if the actual or alleged act, error or | omission did not result from intentional wrongdoing on the | part of that person. |
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| C.__The interstate commission shall indemnify and hold the | commissioner of a compacting state, the appointed designee | or employee or the interstate commission's representative or | employee, harmless in the amount of any settlement or | judgment obtained against such a person arising out of any | actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred | within the scope of interstate commission employment, duties | or responsibilities or that such a person had a reasonable | basis for believing occurred within the scope of interstate | commission employment, duties or responsibilities, if the | actual or alleged act, error or omission did not result from | gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing on the part of | that person. |
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| §9877.__Activities of interstate commission--Article 7 |
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| | 1.__Commission actions.__The interstate commission shall meet | and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of | this compact.__Except as otherwise provided in this compact |
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