Wisconsin Code § 215.523

Reliance by directors or officers
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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.

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