Tex. Insurance Code § 841.154
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 841.154, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 841.154. STAGGERED TERMS FOR DIRECTORS.
Official statutory text
(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 380 (S.B. 918), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.
(b) The bylaws of a domestic insurance company may provide that the company's directors, other than initial directors, may be elected to serve staggered terms as provided by this section.
(c) The company's directors shall be divided into two or three classes, with each class consisting of an equal number of directors to the extent possible. After the directors are divided into classes:
(1) the terms of the directors in the first class expire on the first annual meeting date after their initial election;
(2) the terms of the directors in the second class expire on the second annual meeting date after their initial election; and
(3) the terms of the directors in the third class, if any, expire on the third annual meeting date after their initial election.
(d) At each annual meeting after the directors are first elected, the shareholders shall elect the number of directors whose terms expire on that date. Directors are elected for:
(1) staggered two-year terms, if the board is divided into two classes; or
(2) staggered three-year terms, if the board is divided into three classes.
(b) The bylaws of a domestic insurance company may provide that the company's directors, other than initial directors, may be elected to serve staggered terms as provided by this section.
(c) The company's directors shall be divided into two or three classes, with each class consisting of an equal number of directors to the extent possible. After the directors are divided into classes:
(1) the terms of the directors in the first class expire on the first annual meeting date after their initial election;
(2) the terms of the directors in the second class expire on the second annual meeting date after their initial election; and
(3) the terms of the directors in the third class, if any, expire on the third annual meeting date after their initial election.
(d) At each annual meeting after the directors are first elected, the shareholders shall elect the number of directors whose terms expire on that date. Directors are elected for:
(1) staggered two-year terms, if the board is divided into two classes; or
(2) staggered three-year terms, if the board is divided into three classes.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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