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WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Enrolled

Committee Substitute

for

Senate Bill 555

Senator Ferns, original sponsor

[Passed March 7, 2018; in effect 90 days from passage]

 

 

AN ACT to amend and reenact §55-7C-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to liability for qualified directors of volunteer organizations and entities; and providing that a qualified director is not personally liable for the torts of a volunteer organization or entity, or the torts of the agents or employees of a volunteer organization or entity, unless he or she approved of, ratified, directed, sanctioned, or participated in the wrongful acts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


Article 7c. Immunity from Civil Liability for Qualified Directors of Certain Governmental and Nonprofit Entities.

§55-7C-3. Limited civil liability of qualified directors.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a qualified director is not personally liable for negligence, either through act or omission, or whether actual or imputed, in the performance of managerial functions performed on behalf of a volunteer organization or entity: Provided, That this section shall not exempt a qualified director from liability when he or she is found to be grossly negligent in the performance of his or her duties.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, a qualified director is not personally liable for the torts of a volunteer organization or entity, or the torts of the agents or employees of a volunteer organization or entity, unless he or she approved of, ratified, directed, sanctioned, or participated in the wrongful acts.

(c) Nothing in this section relieves a volunteer organization or entity from imputed liability for the negligent acts of a qualified director committed within the scope of the qualified director’s duties. Nothing in this article shall be construed as a grant of immunity to any person who, through his or her operation of a motor vehicle, causes any injury or damage to another person.


 

 

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