Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 22.227 · Subchapter E. MANAGEMENT
DISSENT TO OR ABSTENTION FROM ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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:
(1) the director's dissent or abstention has been entered in the minutes of the meeting;
(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
(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:
(A) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or
(B) other means specified in the corporation's governing documents.
(b) The right to dissent or abstain under this section does not apply to a director who voted in favor of the action.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.22.htm
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