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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-3-809. Procedure for removing designated or appointed directors.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-3-809. Procedure for removing designated or appointed directors.

(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) An appointed director may be removed without cause by the person appointing the director;

(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) A removal is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a future effective date.

## 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).