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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.227: DISSENT TO OR ABSTENTION FROM ACTION.

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  1. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS
  3. CHAPTER 22. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS
  4. SUBCHAPTER E. MANAGEMENT

(a) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action is taken on a corporate matter described by Section 22.226(a) is presumed to have assented to the action unless:

(1) the director's dissent or abstention has been entered in the minutes of the meeting;

(2) the director has filed a written dissent or abstention with respect to the action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the meeting is adjourned; or

(3) the director has sent to the secretary of the corporation, within a reasonable time after the meeting has been adjourned, a written dissent or abstention by:

(A) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or

(B) other means specified in the corporation's governing documents.

(b) The right to dissent or abstain under this section does not apply to a director who voted in favor of the action.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2017.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:58Z. Source file · JSON

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