Indemnification and Counsel Sample Clauses

Indemnification and Counsel. The Board has provided the benefit of Public Officers Law § 18 to employees of the District. The Board agrees that it shall continue to provide the defense and indemnification provisions provided by such statute for the benefit of the superintendent during the term of this contract, and that such provisions shall supplement and be available to the Superintendent in addition to defense or indemnification protection conferred by any other statute or enactment. In order to obtain the protection referred to herein, the Superintendent must deliver the original or a copy of any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, pleading or other document asserting the claim to the district clerk (with a copy to the board president) within ten days after service on the Superintendent, together with a written request to provide for defense of the Superintendent, who must give full cooperation in the defense thereof and must comply with all provisions of Public Officers Law § 18. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the payment of his own legal fees in connection with any notice of termination or charges brought against the Superintendent pursuant to paragraph 8 of this contract.