Corp. Code, § 12473 · Article 2. Additional Provisions Relating to Election of Directors
Corp. Code, § 12473
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Where a corporation distributes any material soliciting a vote for any nominee for director in any publication owned or controlled by the corporation, it shall make available to each other nominee, in the same material, an equal amount of space, with equal prominence, to be used by the nominee for a purpose reasonably related to the election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1625, Sec. 3. Operative January 1, 1984.
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