Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

14-3-809. Procedure for removing designated or appointed directors.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
A designated director may be removed by an amendment to the articles or bylaws deleting or changing the designation.#
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws with regard to appointed directors:#
1. (1)
  An appointed director may be removed without cause by the person appointing the director;#
2. (2)
  The person removing the director shall do so by giving written notice of the removal to the director and to the presiding officer of the board, the corporation’s chief executive officer, or the corporation’s secretary; and#
3. (3)
  A removal is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a future effective date.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 14-3-809, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, added “with regard to elected directors” near the beginning of subsection (b), and substituted “director and to the presiding officer of the board, the corporation’s chief executive officer, or the corporation’s secretary” for “director and either the presiding officer of the board or the corporation’s president or secretary” in paragraph (b)(2).

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Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 109; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.

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