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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 3. PURPOSES AND POWERS

14-3-303. Emergency powers.

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

  1. (a)

    In anticipation of or during an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this Code section, the board of directors of a corporation may:#

    1. (1)

      Modify lines of succession to accommodate the incapacity of any director, officer, employee, or agent; and#

    2. (2)

      Relocate the principal office, designate alternative principal offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers to do so.#

  2. (b)

    During an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this Code section, unless emergency bylaws provide otherwise:#

    1. (1)

      Notice of a meeting of the board of directors need be given only to those directors it is practicable to reach and may be given in any practicable manner, including by publication and radio;#

    2. (2)

      Those directors who participate in a meeting of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum; and#

    3. (3)

      One or more officers of the corporation present at a meeting of the board of directors may be deemed to be directors for the meeting, in order of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority.#

  3. (c)

    Corporate action taken in good faith during an emergency under this Code section to further the ordinary affairs of the corporation:#

    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, § 14-3-303, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (b)(1), added paragraph (b)(2), redesignated former paragraph (b)(2) as present paragraph (b)(3), and, in paragraph (b)(3), deleted “, as necessary to achieve a quorum” at the end.

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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 68; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.