(a) Chapters 11-27 of this title apply to all domestic corporations for profit in existence on January 1, 1988, that were incorporated under any general statute of this state providing for incorporation of corporations for profit. Chapters 11-27 shall, however, not apply to corporations, the charters of which were granted by special legislative act prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1870. Such corporations may amend their charters for any purposes consistent with chapters 11-27 of this title and in the manner set out in chapters 11-27 of this title. Such amendments and the particular rights, obligations, duties, and privileges conferred or imposed by the amendments shall be subject to § 48-11-102.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-27-101

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • board of directors: means the governing board of a corporation, whether denominated the board of directors or otherwise, except that no person or group of persons is the board of directors because of powers delegated to that person or group pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Charter: includes amended and restated charters and articles of merger. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • 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.
  • Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Dissolution: means that the LLC has incurred an event under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under or subject to the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in chapters 11-27 of this title, as amended. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Public benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation which becomes by operation of law a public benefit corporation pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Registered office: means the place in this state designated in the articles as the registered office of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • 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 Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) Section 48-12-102(a) does not apply to the charter of any corporation existing on January 1, 1988, unless and until a charter amendment is filed. The first charter amendment filed by a corporation following January 1, 1988, shall include any information required by § 48-12-102(a) not otherwise on file in the office of the secretary of state, except that the name and address of each incorporator may be excluded, and the information required by § 48-12-102(a)(3) shall be provided for the current registered agent and registered office. Until such a charter amendment is filed, a corporation’s registered agent shall be that agent specified in the office of the secretary of state on January 1, 1988, and such corporation’s registered office shall be deemed to be that office specified as the address of its registered agent unless such agent or office is changed thereafter pursuant to chapter 15 or 25 of this title.
(c) Acts 1968, ch. 523, § 1 (11.01 – 11.11), as amended, in effect on January 1, 1988, shall govern the rights and obligations of any shareholder who exercises the shareholder’s right to dissent thereunder if the corporate action creating the right to dissent shall have been approved, by the shareholders (or by the board of directors, if no shareholder approval is required) before January 1, 1988.
(d) Acts 1968, ch. 523, § 1 (3.06 – 3.11), as amended, in effect on January 1, 1988, shall apply to any claims, applications, or proceedings for indemnification, or any corporate action authorizing indemnification, made or begun before January 1, 1988.
(e) Acts 1968, ch. 523, § 1 (12.01 – 12.12, 12.14) and Acts 1969, ch. 66, §§ 1 and 2, in effect on January 1, 1988, shall apply to any dissolution as to which a statement of intent to dissolve has been filed or a court proceeding filed before January 1, 1988.
(f) Any domestic corporation for-profit in existence on January 1, 1988, that was incorporated under any general statute of this state providing for the incorporation of corporations for-profit may convert to a nonprofit public benefit corporation if such corporation filed a restated charter with the secretary of state on or before January 1, 1996, reciting that the corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation.
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