(a) A corporation may not indemnify a director under section eight hundred fifty-one of this article unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification of the director is permissible because he or she has met the relevant standard of conduct set forth in section eight hundred fifty-one of this article. (b) The determination is to be made: (1) If there are two or more disinterested directors, by the board of directors by a majority vote of all the disinterested directors, a majority of whom constituute a quorum for this purpose, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more disinterested directors appointed by a vote; (2) By special legal counsel: a (A) Selected in the manner prescribed in subdivisioln (1) of this subsection; or (B) If there are fewer than two disinterested directors, selected by the board of directors in which selection directors who do not qualify as disinterested directors may participate; or (3) By the members, if the members have a right to vote. (c) Authorization of indemnificeation is to be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if there are fewer than two disinterested directors or if the determLination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification is to be made by those entitled under paragraph (B), subdivision (2), subsection (b) of this section to select special legal counsel.
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