Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 7. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14-3-709. Remote communication by members.

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

When authorized by the board of directors, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as such board of directors may adopt, members not physically present at a meeting of the corporation may, by means of remote communication:
(1)
Participate in a meeting of members; and#
(2)
Be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of members, whether such meeting is held at a designated place or held wholly by means of remote communication, provided that:#
1. (A)
  The corporation implements reasonable procedures to verify that each person deemed present at the meeting by means of remote communication is a member or holder of a proxy; and#
2. (B)
  When any member or holder of a proxy votes at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or such other action shall be maintained by the corporation.#

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, § 14-3-709, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 115, § 6/HB 306; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 14/HB 1428; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Effective date

This Code section became effective April 29, 2021.

Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subparagraph (2)(A).

Editor's notes

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

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