{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.359","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.359","heading":"VOTING IN ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), directors of a corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.\n(b) The certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation may provide that a director of a corporation shall be elected only if the director receives:\n(1) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors;\n(2) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present; or\n(3) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 21. FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER H. SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS; NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS; VOTING AND QUORUM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.21.htm#21.359","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"22f9d793df735f54ecdec6a4ad1e3c213c980dd47db89a2976d62b4ba5e02048","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.358","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}