(a) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, a director of a membership nonprofit corporation may be removed with or without cause by the members who are eligible under Section 10A-3A-8.10 to vote to fill the vacancy created by the removal of that director.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-3A-8.08

  • certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter is synonymous to the term certificate of formation used in Chapter 1. See Alabama Code 10A-3A-1.02
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The notice of a meeting of members of a membership nonprofit corporation at which removal of a director is to be considered must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.
(c) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors of a membership nonprofit corporation may not remove a director.
(d) Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors may remove a director of a nonmembership nonprofit corporation with or without cause.
(e) In addition to the removal provisions of subsections (a) and (d), the board of directors of a membership nonprofit corporation or nonmembership nonprofit corporation may remove a director who:

(1) did not satisfy the qualifications for directors as set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws at the time that director was nominated, elected, appointed, or designated to that director’s current term, if the decision that the director failed to satisfy a qualification is made by the vote of a majority of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications; or
(2) no longer satisfies the qualifications for directors as set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws at the time that director was nominated, elected, appointed, or designated to that director’s current term, if the decision that the director failed to satisfy a qualification is made by the vote of a majority of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications.
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