{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.611","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 607.611","heading":"Right of action.","body":"(1)(a) 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:\n1. A failure to pursue or create a general public benefit or a specific public benefit set forth in its articles of incorporation; or\n2. A violation of an obligation, duty, or standard of conduct under this part.\n(b) A benefit corporation is not liable for monetary damages under this part for the failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.\n(2) A benefit enforcement proceeding may be commenced or maintained only:\n(a) Directly by the benefit corporation; or\n(b) Derivatively by:\n1. A shareholder of record on the date of the action or inaction complained of in the benefit enforcement proceeding;\n2. A director;\n3. A person or group of persons that owns beneficially or of record 5 percent or more of the outstanding equity interests in an entity of which the benefit corporation is a subsidiary on the date of the action or inaction complained of in the proceeding; or\n4. Any other person who is specified in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the benefit corporation.\nHistory.—s. 31, ch. 2014-209.","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":"96919a68afafc35881978d066433203e55e0e6be6fe1fe3490241dfa16bae064","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.610","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-607.612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}