Sec. 1. (a) A director shall, based on facts then known to the director, discharge duties as a director, including the director's duties as a member of a committee, as follows:
(1) In good faith.
(2) With the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances.
(3) In a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.
(b) In discharging the director's duties, a director may rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by one (1) of the following:
(1) An officer or employee of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.
(2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants, or other persons as to matters the director reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence.
(3) A committee of the board of directors of which the director is not a member if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.
(4) In the case of religious corporations, religious authorities and ministers, priests, rabbis, or other persons whose position or duties in the religious organization the director believes justify reliance and confidence and whom the director believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.
(c) A director is not acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning a matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by subsection (b) unwarranted.
(d) A director is not liable for an action taken as a director, or failure to take an action, unless the:
(1) director has breached or failed to perform the duties of the director's office in compliance with this section; and
(2) breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness.
(e) A director is not considered to be a trustee with respect to a corporation or with respect to any property held or administered by the corporation, including property that may be subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or transferor of the property.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.110-2008, SEC.5.
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