204.302 Benefit director.
(1) General rule. The board of directors of a benefit corporation shall include one director who shall be designated the “benefit director" and shall have, in addition to all of the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of the other directors of the benefit corporation, the powers, duties, rights, and immunities provided in this section.
(2) Election, removal, and qualifications. The benefit director shall be elected, and may be removed, in the manner provided by subch. VIII of ch. 180. The benefit director may serve as the benefit officer at the same time as serving as the benefit director. The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may prescribe additional qualifications of the benefit director not inconsistent with this subsection.
(3) Status of actions. The acts of an individual in the capacity of a benefit director shall constitute for all purposes acts of that individual in the capacity of a director of the benefit corporation.
(4) Alternative governance arrangements. If a benefit corporation has elected under s. 180.1821 not to have a board of directors, then the bylaws of the benefit corporation must provide that the shareholders who perform the duties of a board of directors shall include a person with the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of a benefit director.
(5) Exoneration from personal liability. Notwithstanding s. 180.0828 and any provision of a benefit corporation's bylaws, a benefit director shall not be personally liable for any act or omission in the capacity of a benefit director unless the act or omission constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.
History: 2017 a. 77.
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