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Idaho · Through 2026 Legislative Session

Idaho Code § 30-2011: right of action.

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  1. TITLE 30 CORPORATIONS
  2. CHAPTER 20 IDAHO BENEFIT CORPORATION ACT

(1) Except in a benefit enforcement proceeding, no person may bring an action or assert a claim against a benefit corporation or its directors or officers with respect to the corporation’s failure to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit set forth in its articles of incorporation, or the corporation’s violation of an obligation, duty or standard of conduct under this chapter.

(2) A benefit corporation shall not be liable for monetary damages under this chapter for any failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.

(3) A benefit enforcement proceeding may be commenced or maintained directly by the benefit corporation, or derivatively by:

(a) A person or group of persons that owned beneficially or of record at least two percent (2%) of the total number of shares of a class or series outstanding at the time of the act or omission complained of;

(b) A director;

(c) A person or group of persons that owned beneficially or of record five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding equity interests in an entity of which the benefit corporation is a subsidiary at the time of the act or omission complained of; or

(d) Other persons as specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the benefit corporation.

(4) For purposes of this section, a person is the beneficial owner of shares or equity interests if the shares or equity interests are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on behalf of the beneficial owner.

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