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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 7. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS · Part 2. VOTING

14-3-726. Election of directors by category.

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

  1. A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for election of directors by members or delegates:

  2. (1)

    By chapter or other organizational unit;#

  3. (2)

    By region or other geographic unit;#

  4. (3)

    By preferential voting;#

  5. (4)

    By class; or#

  6. (5)

    By any other reasonable method.#

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, § 14-3-726, 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, substituted “By chapter” for “On the basis of chapter” in paragraph (1), deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (3), added paragraph (4), and redesignated former paragraph (4) as present paragraph (5).

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