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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Corporations Code - CORP |
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Title 1. CORPORATIONS |
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Division 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW |
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Part 4. NONPROFIT RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS |
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Chapter 2. Directors and Management |
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ARTICLE 2. Selection, Removal and Resignation of Directors |
Section 9222.
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(a) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws and subject to subdivision (b) of this section, any or all directors may be removed without cause if the removal is approved by the members (Section 5034).
(b) Except for a corporation having no members pursuant to Section 9310:
(1) When by the provisions of the articles or bylaws the members of any class, voting as a class, are entitled to elect one or more directors, any director so elected may be removed only by the applicable vote of the members of that class.
(2) When by the provisions of the articles or bylaws the members within a chapter or other organizational unit, or region or other geographic grouping, voting as such, are entitled to elect one or more directors, any director so elected may be removed only by the applicable vote of the members within the organizational unit or geographic grouping.
(c) Any reduction of the authorized number of directors or any amendment reducing the number of classes of directors does not remove any director prior to the expiration of the director's term of office, unless the reduction or the amendment also provides for the removal of one or more specified directors.