(a) In discharging a duty or exercising a power, a governing person, including a governing person who is a member of a committee, in good faith and with ordinary care, may rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, concerning a domestic entity or another person and prepared or presented by: (1) an officer or employee of the entity; (2) legal counsel; (3) a public accountant or certified public accountant; (4) an investment banker; (5) a person who the governing person reasonably believes possesses professional expertise in the matter; or (6) a committee of the governing authority of which the governing person is not a member. (b) A governing person may not in good faith rely on the information described by subsection (a) if the governing person has knowledge of a matter that makes the reliance unwarranted. (c) A governing person held liable on a claim is entitled to contribution from each of the other governing persons held liable on the same claim, as appropriate to achieve equity.
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