Florida Statute 607.608 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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F.S. 607.608

607.608 Benefit director.—

(1) If the articles of incorporation so provide, the board of directors of a benefit corporation may include a director who is designated as the benefit director and, in addition to the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of the other directors of the benefit corporation, has the powers, duties, rights, and immunities provided in this part.

(2) The benefit director shall be elected, and may be removed, in the manner provided by this chapter. Except as provided under subsection (5), the benefit director shall be independent and may serve as a benefit officer. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications of the benefit director.

(3) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the benefit director shall prepare, and the benefit corporation shall include in the annual benefit report to shareholders required under s. 607.612, the opinion of the benefit director on the following:

(a) Whether the benefit corporation in all material respects acted in accordance with its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose during the period covered by the report.

(b) Whether the directors and officers complied with ss. 607.607(1) and 607.609(1).

(c) Whether the benefit corporation or its directors or officers failed to comply with paragraph (a) or s. 607.607(1) or s. 607.609(1), including a description of the ways in which the benefit corporation or its directors or officers failed to comply.

(4) The action or inaction of an individual in his or her capacity as a benefit director shall constitute for all purposes an action or inaction of that individual in his or her capacity as a director of the benefit corporation.

(5) The benefit director of a corporation formed under chapter 621 is not required to be independent.

History.—s. 28, ch. 2014-209.

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Cases Citing Statute 607.608

Total Results: 20

Shirley A. O'Brien v. Eugene J. O'Brien

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: evidence. See, e.g., McCall v. McCall, 616 So. 2d 607, 608 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993). The trial court’s determination

GRIFFIN WINDOWS AND DOORS, LLC v. JOHN POMEROY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-10-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: quoting Caldwell v. Est. of McDowell, 507 So. 2d 607, 608 (Fla. 1987)). “A ministerial duty is one where

JENNIFER LAROSE MITCHELL v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: abuse of discretion. Davis v. State, 945 So. 2d 607, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Unlike Del Valle, which

Department of State, etc. v. Florida Greyhound Association, Inc., etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 253 So. 3d 513

Snippet: , 49 Fla. 213 , 38 So. 607 , 608 (1905) (holding that the general powers delegated

George v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-07-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: cross-examination.” Breedlove v. State, 580 So. 2d 605, 607-608 (Fla. 1991) (quoting Fulton v. State, 335 So.

DOLORES BALABAN v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. and R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO, CO.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So. 2d 607, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)); see also Vick v. Bailey,

Windhaven Ins. Co. v. Biscayne Rehab Center, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-11T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: due process.” I Creatives, Inc., 163 So. 3d at 607-608; United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Total Rehab & Med

DOLORES BALABAN v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. and R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO, CO.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-09T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So. 2d 607, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)); see also Vick v. Bailey,

BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC. and BOCA RATON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. v. TIM WILLIAMS, M.D., ROBERT MANNHEIMER and ROBERT A. TEPEDINO

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 230 So. 3d 42

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)). Disqualification of

Alters v. Villoldo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-09-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 230 So. 3d 115

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So.2d 607, 608-09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). “The standard of review

Wamsley v. Wamsley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-08-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 225 So. 3d 402, 2017 WL 3642890, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12117

Snippet: merits. See, e.g., Murphy v. Ridgard, 757 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) (“The father is correct that

Law Offices of Herssein and Herssein, P.A., Etc. v. United Services Automobile Assoc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-08-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 229 So. 3d 408

Snippet: Facebook “friends.” Slaybaugh v. State, 47 N.E.3d 607, 608 (Ind. 2016) (affirming trial court’s denial of

OIL, LLC v. Stamax Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-06-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 220 So. 3d 1198, 2017 WL 2664686, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8988

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So.2d 607, 608-09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)). Our certiorari jurisdiction

Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Caro

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 207 So. 3d 944, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18077

Snippet: Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Sols., Inc., 881 So.2d 607, 608-09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)); see also Vick v. Bailey

Sawaya v. Thompson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 204 So. 3d 586, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 17706

Snippet: right to be heard. Murphy v. Ridgard, 757 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). The Fifth District Court

Hall v. Lopez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-07-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 213 So. 3d 1003, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11493

Snippet: no statutory authority for the award. 947 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (citing Belmont, Abraham, Baumgartner…DCA 1997)). See also Ratigan v. Stone, 947 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (holding trial court erred

Daniel Chavez v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-05-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 255, 2016 WL 2609568, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6980

Snippet: allegations); Rogers v. State, 702 So.2d 607, 608-09 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (holding that the trial

The League of Women Voters of Florida, etc. v. Ken Detzner Opinion

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-07-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 172 So. 3d 363, 2015 WL 4130852

Snippet: this process. Apportionment I, 83 So.3d 597 at 607-608; There is a difference between the Court’s role

Exter v. Diodonet-Molina

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-11-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 152 So. 3d 699, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19483, 2014 WL 6679010

Snippet: parties.” Ratigan v. Stone, 947 So.2d 607, 608 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (citing Rosen v. Rosen

Garry Augustus Sheppard v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-07-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 143 So. 3d 1057, 2014 WL 3605539, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 11181

Snippet: comments in Flaherty v. State, 183 So.2d 607, 608-09 (Fla. 4th DCA 1966), and Cunningham v