(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a directed trustee shall take reasonable action to comply with a trust directors exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under 44D-8A-806(b)(1) of this code, and the trustee is not liable for the action.
(b) A directed trustee must not comply with a trust directors exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under 44D-8A-806(b)(1) of this code to the extent that the directed trustee is thereby directed knowingly to violate the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the trust. The directed trustee may reasonably rely upon the advice of legal counsel to determine what actions would be consistent with, or contrary to, applicable law. Reasonable expenses incurred by the directed trustee in good faith for legal advice concerning an instruction from a trust director or a petition to the court for instructions shall be proper expenses of the trust.
(c) An exercise of a power of direction under which a trust director may release a trustee or another trust director from liability for breach of trust is not effective if:
(1) The breach involved the trustees or other directors breach of fiduciary duty as set forth in subsection (b) of this section;