{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.159","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.159","heading":"QUORUM OF MEMBERS.","body":"(a) Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation, members of the corporation holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast, in person or by proxy, constitute a quorum.\n(b) The vote of the majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the members meeting, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the certificate of formation or bylaws.\n(c) Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws, a church incorporated before May 12, 1959, is considered to have provided in the certificate of formation or bylaws that members present at a meeting for which notice has been given constitute a quorum.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 22. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER D. MEMBERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.22.htm#22.159","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"fd63c52309f5f507161d9c20fbeb6b1415ccb52a9a0c633c9f22e6d1a3986f2b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.158","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}