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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

14-3-803. Number of directors.

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

  1. (a)

    A board of directors must consist of one or more natural persons, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws. A corporation without members that is not in existence prior to July 1, 2023, must have a board of directors consisting of three or more natural persons, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws.#

  2. (b)

    The articles or bylaws may authorize the members or the board of directors to fix or change the number of directors or may establish a variable range for the size of the board of directors by fixing a minimum and maximum number of directors. If the variable range is established, the number of directors may be fixed or changed from time to time, within the minimum and maximum, by the members, or if the articles or bylaws so provide, by the board of directors.#

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, § 14-3-803, 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, added the second sentence in subsection (a).

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