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

14-3-207. Emergency bylaws.

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

  1. (a)

    Unless the articles provide otherwise, the directors of a corporation may adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this Code section. The emergency bylaws, which are subject to amendment or repeal by the members, may provide special procedures necessary for managing the corporation during the emergency, including:#

    1. (1)

      How to call a meeting of the board;#

    2. (2)

      Quorum requirements for the meeting; and#

    3. (3)

      Designation of additional or substitute directors.#

  2. (b)

    All provisions of the regular bylaws consistent with the emergency bylaws remain effective during the emergency. The emergency bylaws are not effective after the emergency ends.#

  3. (c)

    Corporate action taken in good faith in accordance with the emergency bylaws:#

    1. (1)

      Binds the corporation; and#

    2. (2)

      May not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.#

  4. (d)

    An emergency exists for purposes of this Code section if a quorum of the corporation’s directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.#

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, § 14-3-207, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; 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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