{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.604","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 607.604","heading":"Election of benefit corporation status.","body":"(1) An existing corporation may become a benefit corporation under this part by amending its articles of incorporation to include a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation under this part. The amendment must be adopted by the minimum status vote.\n(2) A plan of merger, domestication, conversion, or share exchange must be adopted by the minimum status vote if an entity that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger, domestication, or conversion or if the exchanging entity in a share exchange and the surviving, new, or resulting entity is, or will be, a benefit corporation.\n(3) If an entity elects to become a benefit corporation by amendment of the articles of incorporation or by a merger, domestication, conversion, or share exchange, the shareholders of the entity are entitled to appraisal rights under and pursuant to ss. 607.1301-607.1340.\nHistory.—s. 24, ch. 2014-209; s. 233, ch. 2019-90.","path":["CHAPTER 607 FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0607/0607.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:10:21Z","sha256":"c56e06e673e079a9213cb21ad59d04ec636261eafda358365ad3b7c31c4e2edb","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.603","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}