{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.414","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.414","heading":"DISSENT TO OR ABSTENTION FROM ACTION.","body":"(a) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action has been taken is presumed to have assented to the action taken unless:\n(1) the director's dissent or abstention has been entered in the minutes of the meeting;\n(2) the director has filed a written dissent or abstention with respect to the action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the meeting is adjourned; or\n(3) the director has sent to the secretary of the corporation, within a reasonable time after the meeting has been adjourned, a written dissent or abstention by:\n(A) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or\n(B) other means specified in the corporation's governing documents.\n(b) A director who voted in favor of an action may not dissent or abstain with respect to the action.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 21. FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER I. BOARD OF DIRECTORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.21.htm#21.414","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"a5a61f463f8331c739b6e55d56dabbef7b470628f1f5ac8598909fc6a66b8ef9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.413","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-21.415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}