215.523 Reliance by directors or officers. Unless the director or officer has knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted, a director or officer of a mutual association organized under this subchapter may, in discharging his or her duties to the mutual association, rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, any of which may be written or oral, formal or informal, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by any of the following:
(1) An officer or employee of the mutual association whom the director or officer believes in good faith to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.
(2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other persons as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
(3) In the case of reliance by a director, a committee of the board of which the director is not a member if the director believes in good faith that the committee merits confidence.
History: 1987 a. 13; 2001 a. 16.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 215 - Savings and loan associations.
215.02 - Powers of the division.
215.03 - Supervision and control of associations.
215.11 - Surety bond of association's officers, directors and employees.
215.12 - Penalty for dishonest acts; falsification of records.
215.13 - Powers of savings and loan associations.
215.135 - Additional authority.
215.137 - Savings promotion prize programs.
215.141 - Financially related services tie-ins.
215.15 - Evidence of ownership of savings accounts.
215.16 - Savings account earnings.
215.17 - Withdrawal of savings accounts.
215.18 - Closing of savings accounts.
215.19 - Loans on savings accounts.
215.20 - Property improvement loans.
215.205 - Other loans and investments.
215.215 - Nonconforming loans.
215.22 - Real estate owned by association.
215.23 - Limitations on investments in office buildings and related facilities.
215.25 - Annual audit requirement.
215.26 - Miscellaneous provisions.
215.32 - Possession by division; involuntary liquidation.
215.33 - Foreign associations.
215.35 - Conversion; or absorption; waiver.
215.36 - Interstate acquisition and merger of associations.
215.40 - Incorporation of a mutual savings and loan association.
215.41 - Articles of incorporation for mutual associations.
215.42 - Bylaws of mutual associations.
215.43 - Members and voting rights in a mutual association.
215.50 - Directors of a mutual association.
215.51 - Officers of a mutual association.
215.512 - Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
215.513 - Mandatory indemnification.
215.514 - Determination of right to indemnification.
215.515 - Allowance of expenses as incurred.
215.516 - Mutual association may limit indemnification.
215.517 - Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.
215.518 - Court-ordered indemnification.
215.519 - Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.
215.523 - Reliance by directors or officers.
215.524 - Consideration of interests in addition to members' interests.
215.525 - Limited liability of directors and officers.
215.528 - General operation of a mutual association.
215.53 - Absorption involving mutual associations.
215.56 - Voluntary liquidation of a mutual association.
215.57 - Jurisdictional conversion of mutual associations.
215.58 - Organizational conversion from mutual to stock form.
215.59 - Mutual savings and loan holding companies.
215.60 - Incorporation of a capital stock savings and loan association.
215.61 - Articles of incorporation for capital stock associations.
215.62 - Bylaws of stock associations.
215.64 - Control of association by holding company.
215.70 - Directors of a stock association.
215.71 - Officers of stock association.
215.72 - General operations of a stock association.
215.73 - Absorption involving stock associations.
215.76 - Voluntary liquidation of a stock association.
215.77 - Jurisdictional conversion of capital stock associations.