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Ala. Code § 10A-3A-8.08

Removal of Directors by Members or Other Persons.

Known as the Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entity Code

The act spans §§ 10A-1-1.01 to 10A-9A-9.09 (1,341 sections).

(Act 2023-503, §1.)

(a) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, a director of a membership nonprofit corporation may be removed with or without cause by the members who are eligible under Section 10A-3A-8.10 to vote to fill the vacancy created by the removal of that director.

(b) The notice of a meeting of members of a membership nonprofit corporation at which removal of a director is to be considered must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.

(c) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors of a membership nonprofit corporation may not remove a director.

(d) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors may remove a director of a nonmembership nonprofit corporation with or without cause.

(e) In addition to the removal provisions of subsections (a) and (d), the board of directors of a membership nonprofit corporation or nonmembership nonprofit corporation may remove a director who:

(1) did not satisfy the qualifications for directors as set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws at the time that director was nominated, elected, appointed, or designated to that director’s current term, if the decision that the director failed to satisfy a qualification is made by the vote of a majority of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications; or

(2) no longer satisfies the qualifications for directors as set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws at the time that director was nominated, elected, appointed, or designated to that director’s current term, if the decision that the director failed to satisfy a qualification is made by the vote of a majority of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.