Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF THE BOARD

14-2-824. Quorum and voting.

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(a)
Unless this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or bylaws require a greater number or unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a quorum of a board of directors consists of:#
1. (1)
  A majority of the fixed number of directors if the corporation has a fixed board size; or#
2. (2)
  A majority of the number of directors prescribed or, if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins, if the corporation has a variable-range size board.#
(b)
The articles of incorporation or bylaws may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of no fewer than one-third of the fixed or prescribed number of directors determined under subsection (a) of this Code section.#
(c)
If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.#
(d)
A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:#
1. (1)
  He objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;#
2. (2)
  His dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or#
3. (3)
  He delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting.#
4. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
(e)
If a written agreement meeting the requirements of Code Section 14-2-731 provides that any directors shall have more or less than one vote on any matter, every reference in this chapter to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of directors.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 14-2-824, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 257, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 482, § 4.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Some Distinctive Features of the Georgia Business Corporation Code,’’ 28 Ga. St. B.J. 101 (1991).

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