2019 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - Corporations and Associations
Nonprofit Corporations
Chapter 58 - Directors and Officers
Part 1 - Board of Directors
§ 48-58-111. Vacancy on board.
(a) Unless the charter or bylaws provide otherwise, and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors or a vacancy resulting from a removal with or without cause:
(1) The members, if any, may fill the vacancy. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a class, chapter or other organizational unit or by region or other geographic grouping, only members of that class, chapter, unit or grouping are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the members;
(2) The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or
(3) If the directors 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 directors remaining in office.
(b) Unless the charter or bylaws provide otherwise, if a vacant office was held by an appointed director, only the person who appointed the director may fill the vacancy.
(c) If a vacant office was held by a designated director, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in the charter or bylaws. In the absence of an applicable charter or bylaw provision, the vacancy may not be filled by the board.
(d) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under § 48-58-107(b) or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.
