A. Governing board must require fidelity bonds. The governing board of a charitable organization serving as trustee of a charitable trust shall require good and sufficient fidelity bonds on all officers and employees who are involved in the funding and administration of a charitable trust, whether or not they are paid a salary or other compensation. The fidelity bonds shall indemnify the charitable trusts administered by a charitable organization for loss sustained to a charitable trust as the result of dishonest, fraudulent, or criminal conduct by the officers and employees of the charitable organization, whether acting independently or in collusion with any person or persons.

B. Form and premiums of fidelity bonds. The governing board of a charitable organization serving as trustee of a charitable trust shall determine the amount and form of its fidelity bonds. The premiums for its fidelity bonds shall be paid by the charitable organization and the cost of premiums may be included in the administrative overhead of the charitable organization.

C. Annual review of fidelity bonds. At least once each calendar year the governing board of a charitable organization serving as trustee of a charitable trust shall evaluate all known elements and factors constituting its risk of loss due to dishonest, fraudulent, or criminal conduct by its officers and employees and determine if the amount and form of its fidelity bonds are sufficient. The governing board shall then require fidelity bonds in such amounts and form as are sufficient to protect its charitable trusts from such risk or hazard. The action of the governing board in determining the amount and form of its fidelity bonds shall be recorded in the minutes of the governing board.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 99, § 7, emerg. eff. April 15, 1997.