(a) A corporation may amend its charter at any time to add or change a provision that is required or permitted in the charter or to delete a provision not required in the charter. Whether a provision is required or permitted in the charter is determined as of the effective date of the amendment.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-60-101

  • 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.
  • Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules (other than the charter) adopted pursuant to chapters 51-68 of this title for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. 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.
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Except as provided in § 48-56-202(b), a member of the corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the charter or bylaws.