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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 2. INCORPORATION

14-3-205. Organizational meeting.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    After incorporation:#

    1. (1)

      If initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting; or#

    2. (2)

      If initial directors are not named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators:#

      1. (A)

        To elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation; or#

      2. (B)

        To elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the corporation.#

  2. (b)

    Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more consents in writing or by electronic transmission describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator.#

  3. (c)

    An organizational meeting may be held in or out of this state or in accordance with Code Section 14-3-821.#

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, § 14-3-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 25; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, reenacted this Code section without change.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 64; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.