{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-33-742","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-742","heading":"Removal of directors by shareholders.","body":"(a) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the certificate of incorporation provides that directors may be removed only for cause.\n(b) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove him.\n(c) If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him under cumulative voting is voted against his removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him.\n(d) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.","path":["TITLE 33. CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 601*. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS","PART VIII. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_601.htm#sec_33-742","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:11Z","sha256":"6f788f524779370733a5a8dd84d3aa549c7f8dbe4887a7168d9513d6663c63f9","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-33-741","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-33-743"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}