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Tex. Ins. Code § 823.402

PROHIBITION ON VOTING CERTAIN SECURITIES

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A security that is the subject of an agreement or arrangement regarding an acquisition or that is acquired or to be acquired in violation of this chapter or a rule or order under this chapter may not be voted at a shareholders' meeting or counted for quorum purposes. An action of shareholders requiring the affirmative vote of a percentage of shares may be taken as though the security was not outstanding.

(b) An action taken at a shareholders' meeting is not invalidated by the voting of a security to which Subsection (a) applies unless:

(1) the action would materially affect control of the insurer; or

(2) a court of this state invalidates the action.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.