Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 4. OFFICERS
14-3-843. Resignation and removal of officers.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a future effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a future date and the corporation accepts the future effective date, its board of directors, or, if authorized by the bylaws, an officer, may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board or such appointing officer provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.#
- (c)
Unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, any vacancies in the corporation’s officers may be filled by the board.#
History
Code 1981, § 14-3-843, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 43; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.
Amendments
The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, in subsection (a), inserted “, or, if authorized by the bylaws, an officer,” following “its board of directors” and inserted “or such appointing officer” following “if the board” in the third sentence; and rewrote subsection (b), which read: “A board may remove any officer at any time with or without cause.”
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 124; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.
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