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Section 3.102. Rights of Governing Persons in Certain Cases

TX Bus Orgs § 3.102 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 3.102. RIGHTS OF GOVERNING PERSONS IN CERTAIN CASES. (a) In discharging a duty or exercising a power, a governing person, including a governing person who is a member of a committee, may, in good faith and with ordinary care, 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 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.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.