805 ILCS 5/8.65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 805 - BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS|805 ILCS 5/ - Business Corporation Act of 1983.|Article 8 - Directors And Officers

 (from Ch. 32, par. 8.65)Sec. 8.65. Liability of directors in certain cases.(a) In addition  to any other liabilities imposed by law upon directors of a corporation,  they are liable as follows:(1) The directors of a corporation who vote for or     assent to any distribution prohibited by Section 9.10 of this Act shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of such distribution.(2) If a dissolved corporation shall proceed to bar     any known claims against it under Section 12.75, the directors of such corporation who fail to take reasonable steps to cause the notice required by Section 12.75 of this Act to be given to any known creditor of such corporation shall be jointly and severally liable to such creditor for all loss and damage occasioned thereby.(3) Unless dissolution is subsequently revoked     pursuant to Section 12.25 of this Act, the directors of a corporation that carries on its business after the filing by the Secretary of State of articles of dissolution with respect to a voluntary dissolution authorized as provided by this Act, otherwise than as necessary or appropriate to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs, shall be jointly and severally liable to the creditors of such corporation for all debts and liabilities of the corporation incurred in so carrying on its business. Directors of a corporation that carries on its business during a period of administrative dissolution shall not be liable under this paragraph (a)(3) if the Secretary of State subsequently files an application for reinstatement under subsection (c) of  Section 12.45, which reinstatement shall have the effect described in subsection (d) of  Section 12.45.(b) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of its board of  directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken is conclusively  presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent  is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she files his or  her written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary  of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or forwards such dissent by  registered or certified mail to the  secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the  meeting. Such right to dissent does not apply to a director who voted in  favor of such action.(c) A director shall not be liable for a  distribution of assets to the shareholders of a corporation in excess of  the amount authorized by Section 9.10 of this Act if he or she relied and  acted in good faith  upon a balance sheet and profit and loss statement of the corporation  represented to him or her to be correct by the president or the officer of such  corporation having charge of its books of account, or certified by an  independent public or certified public accountant or firm of such  accountants to fairly reflect the financial condition of such corporation,  nor shall he or she be so liable if in good faith in determining the amount  available for any such dividend or distribution he or she considered the  assets to be of their book value.(d) Any director against whom a claim is asserted under this  Section and who is held liable thereon, is  entitled to contribution from the other directors who are likewise liable  thereon.Any director against whom a claim is asserted  for the improper  distribution of assets of a corporation and who is held  liable thereon, is entitled to contribution from the shareholders who  knowingly accepted or received any such distribution in proportion  to the amounts received by them respectively.  (Source: P.A. 98-776, eff. 1-1-15.)