Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 5227

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(a) Any other provision of this part notwithstanding, not more than 49 percent of the persons serving on the board of any corporation may be interested persons. (b) For the purpose of this section, “interested persons” means either: (1) Any person currently being compensated by t

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(a)
Any other provision of this part notwithstanding, not more than 49 percent of the persons serving on the board of any corporation may be interested persons.
(b)
For the purpose of this section, “interested persons” means either:
(1)
Any person currently being compensated by the corporation for services rendered to it within the previous 12 months, whether as a full- or part-time employee, independent contractor, or otherwise, excluding any reasonable compensation paid to a director as director; or
(2)
Any brother, sister, ancestor, descendant, spouse, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, or father-in-law of any such person.
(c)
A person with standing under Section 5142 may bring an action to correct any violation of this section. The court may enter any order which shall provide an equitable and fair remedy to the corporation, including, but not limited to, an order for the election of additional directors, an order to enlarge the size of the board, or an order for the removal of directors.
(d)
The provisions of this section shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any transaction entered into by a corporation.

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  (a) Any other provision of this part notwithstanding, not more than 49 percent of the persons serving on the board of any corporation may be interested persons. (b) For the purpose of this section, “interested persons” means either: (1) Any person currently being compensated by the corporation for services render…