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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations
Chapter 18 - Directors and Officers
Part 1 - Board of Directors
§ 48-18-101. Requirement for and Duties of Board of Directors
Universal Citation: TN Code § 48-18-101 (2021)
- Except as provided in subsection (c), each corporation must have a board of directors.
- All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of, its board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the charter.
- A corporation having fifty (50) or fewer shareholders may dispense with or limit the authority of a board of directors by describing in its charter who will perform some or all of the duties of a board of directors; provided, that any such person or persons shall be subject to the same standards of conduct that this chapter imposes on directors in the performance of their duties.
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