Chapter 2.56
LEGAL DEFENSE FOR OFFICERS
Sections:
2.56.020 Reasons for authorization.
2.56.010 Provided.
It is declared that it is the public policy of the city under its police power to provide legal defense and make payment therefor from city funds to defend the acts of its officers in any civil action brought against them for a cause arising out of the performance of their officialduties. (Ord. 640 § 1, 1966)
2.56.020 Reasons for authorization.
Prior to the authorization of employment of any such legal defense, the city council, in regular session assembled, must find:
(1) That the officer must have been acting in a matter in which the corporation has an interest;
(2) That the officer must have been acting in discharge of a duty imposed or authorized by law; and
(3) The officer must have acted in good faith. (Ord. 640 § 2, 1966)