Warren-Newport Public Library District 
Lake County, Illinois 
Board of Trustees 
Policy 1040 
Indemnification and Insurance 
Adopted: June 13, 2006 
Reviewed/Revised: August 21, 2012; August 18, 2015; July 17, 2018; February 15, 2022 
 
 
ARTICLE 1. RIGHT TO INDEMINIFICATION 
 
The Warren-Newport Public Library District (WNPLD) will indemnify any present or former 
Trustee, officer, employee, or agent to the fullest extent possible under applicable law against 
expenses including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses, 
actually incurred by such person relating to their conduct as a Trustee, officer, employee, or agent 
of the Library District, except that indemnification shall not apply in the following circumstances: 
 
• For a breach of the duty of loyalty to WNPLD; 
• For acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing 
violation of the law; 
• For a transaction from which such person derived an improper personal benefit or 
facilitated the improper personal benefit of another; 
• Against judgments, penalties, fines, and settlements arising from any proceeding by or in 
the right of WNPLD, or against expenses in any such case, where such person shall be 
adjudged liable to WNPLD. 
 
 
ARTICLE 2. INSURANCE 
 
WNPLD may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person to the fullest extent 
permitted by applicable law. 
 
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