Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.371
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.371, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 21.371. PROCEDURES IN BYLAWS RELATING TO PROXIES.
Official statutory text
(a) A corporation may establish in the corporation's bylaws procedures consistent with this code for determining the validity of proxies and determining whether shares that are held of record by a bank, broker, or other nominee are represented at a meeting of shareholders. The procedures may incorporate rules of and determinations made by a stock exchange or self-regulatory organization regulating the corporation or that bank, broker, or other nominee.
(b) The bylaws may contain one or both of the following:
(1) a provision requiring that, when soliciting proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors, the corporation include in both its proxy statement and any form of its proxy or consent, in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder, subject to any procedures or conditions as may be provided in the bylaws; and
(2) a provision requiring that the corporation reimburse expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors so long as the provision does not apply to any election for which the record date precedes the adoption of the bylaw provision, but subject to any procedures or conditions as may be provided in the bylaws.
(b) The bylaws may contain one or both of the following:
(1) a provision requiring that, when soliciting proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors, the corporation include in both its proxy statement and any form of its proxy or consent, in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors, one or more individuals nominated by a shareholder, subject to any procedures or conditions as may be provided in the bylaws; and
(2) a provision requiring that the corporation reimburse expenses incurred by a shareholder in soliciting proxies or consents with respect to an election of directors so long as the provision does not apply to any election for which the record date precedes the adoption of the bylaw provision, but subject to any procedures or conditions as may be provided in the bylaws.
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