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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Directors elected by voting members or directors may be removed as follows:
(a) The voting members may remove one or more directors elected by them with or without cause unless the bylaws provide that directors may be removed only for cause.
(b) If a director is elected by a voting group, only that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that director.
(c) Subject to section 7-127-208(3), a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove the director would be sufficient to elect the director at a meeting to elect directors.
(d) A director elected by voting members may be removed by the voting members only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing that director, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.
(e) An entire board of directors may be removed under paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection (1).
(f) A director elected by the board of directors may be removed with or without cause by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office or such greater number as is stated in the bylaws; except that a director elected by the board of directors to fill the vacancy of a director elected by the voting members may be removed without cause by the voting members, but not the board of directors.
(g) Deleted by Laws 2000, Ch. 220, § 83, eff. July 1, 2000.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws:
(a) An appointed director may be removed without cause by the person appointing the director;
(b) The person removing the director shall do so by giving written notice of the removal to the director and to the nonprofit corporation; and
(c) A removal is effective when the notice is received by both the director to be removed and the nonprofit corporation unless the notice states a later effective date.
(3) A designated director may be removed by an amendment to the bylaws deleting or changing the designation.
(4) Repealed by Laws 2004, Ch. 343, § 298, eff. July 1, 2004.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 7. Corporations and Associations § 7-128-108. Removal of directors - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-7-corporations-and-associations/co-rev-st-sect-7-128-108/
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