Texas Business Organizations Code
§ 21.359 — VOTING IN ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
BO § 21.359Title 2. CORPORATIONS · Ch. 21. FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS · Art. H. SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS; NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS; VOTING AND QUORUM
Statute text
View on source(a)Subject to Subsection (b), directors of a corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.
(b)The certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation may provide that a director of a corporation shall be elected only if the director receives:
(1)the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors;
(2)the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present; or
(3)the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.
Legislative history
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.