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:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 215.523

  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (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.