{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414-200","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 414-200","heading":"Vacancy on board.","body":"(a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:\n\n(1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy;\n\n(2) The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or\n\n(3) If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.\n\n(b) If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders.\n\n(c) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under section 414-197(b) or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 23","Chapter 414"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol08_Ch0401-0429/HRS0414/HRS_0414-0200.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"f538e60141d3c362e09e71b566cbe115aba796f1aa90674647484114f0a91f1d","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414-20","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}