35-1-418. General standards for directors, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 1. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

Part 4. Directors and Officers(Repealed effective June 1, 2020)

General Standards For Directors

35-1-418. (Temporary) General standards for directors. (1) A director shall discharge the duties as a director, including the director's duties as a member of a committee:

(a) in good faith;

(b) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a similar position would exercise under similar circumstances; and

(c) in a manner that the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.

(2) In discharging duties, a director is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by:

(a) one or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

(b) attorneys, public accountants, or other persons with regard to matters that the director reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; or

(c) a committee of the board of directors of which the director is not a member if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

(3) A director is not acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by subsection (2) unwarranted.

(4) A director is not liable for any action taken as a director or for any failure to take any action if the director performed the duties of the director's office in compliance with this section. (Repealed effective June 1, 2020--secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.)

History: En. Sec. 92, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1256, Ch. 56, L. 2009.