{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.227","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.227","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 is taken on a corporate matter described by Section 22.226(a) is presumed to have assented to the action 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) The right to dissent or abstain under this section does not apply to a director who voted in favor of 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. 30, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 22. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.22.htm#22.227","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"3e35c6bbcdcf4c45e48158f86a0e8bdaebd92d74099fe7d0ee544ae7aab0c895","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.226","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-22.228"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}