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Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 22.207 (2026)

Election And Control By Certain Entities

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Sec. 22.207. ELECTION AND CONTROL BY CERTAIN ENTITIES. (a) The board of directors of a religious, charitable, educational, or eleemosynary corporation may be affiliated with, elected, and controlled by an incorporated or unincorporated convention, conference, or association organized under the laws of this or another state, the membership of which is composed of representatives, delegates, or messengers from a church or other religious association.

(b) The board of directors of a corporation may be wholly or partly elected by one or more associations or corporations organized under the laws of this or another state if:

(1) the certificate of formation or bylaws of the corporation provide for that election; and

(2) the corporation has no members with voting rights.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2025 · leading case: the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018).

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the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018). “See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 22.207 (West 2012) (“Election and Control by Certain Entities”).”

S. Methodist Univ. & Paul J. Ward v. South Cent. Jurisdictional Conf. of the United Methodist Church & Bishop Scott Jones (Tex. 2025). · cites it 2× “TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE § 22.207. That statute ensures the lawfulness of the 1996 articles’ provisions giving the Conference—a “third party” to the contract—such control.”

The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v. the Episcopal Church (Tex. 2020). “The amendments did not alter the terms of office or change the process for electing trustees or filling vacancies, but as of 2006, the bylaws required the corporation’s trustees to be “lay persons in good standing of a parish or mission in the body now known as the Episcopal…”

S. Methodist Univ. & Paul J. Ward v. South Cent. Jurisdictional Conf. of the United Methodist Church & Bishop Scott Jones (Tex. 2025). “14 See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 22.207(a) (“The board of directors of a religious, charitable, educational, or eleemosynary corporation may be affiliated with, elected, and controlled by an incorporated or unincorporated convention, conference, or association organized under the…”

— Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 22.207(a) — 2 cases

S. Methodist Univ. & Paul J. Ward v. South Cent. Jurisdictional Conf. of the United Methodist Church & Bishop Scott Jones (Tex. 2025). “TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE § 22.207. That statute ensures the lawfulness of the 1996 articles’ provisions giving the Conference—a “third party” to the contract—such control.”

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