Vacancy on Board

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Securities, Corporations and Associations
4. Governor Management
5. Vacancy on Board

1. Unless the articles or operating agreement provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a board of governors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of governors or a vacancy resulting from a removal with or without cause:
   1. The members may fill the vacancy;
   2. The board of governors may fill the vacancy; or
   3. If the governors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the governors remaining in office.
2. If the vacant office was held by a governor elected by a voting group of members, only members within that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the members.
3. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under § 48-239-108 or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new governor may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

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