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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 3. ELECTRICAL SERVICE · Article 4. ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS AND FOREIGN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES · Part 6. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

46-3-296. Quorum of directors; action by majority vote; conducting of meetings of board or committees by conference calls.

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

  1. (a)

    Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide that a different number shall constitute a quorum, a majority of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws or fixed by the procedure set forth in the bylaws, or, in the absence of such bylaw provisions, then a majority of the number stated in the articles of incorporation, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In no case shall less than one-third of the total number of directors nor less than two directors constitute a quorum.#

  2. (b)

    The vote of a majority of the directors present and voting at the time of the vote, if a quorum is present at such time, shall be the act of the board of directors unless the vote of a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.#

  3. (c)

    Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws otherwise provide, members of the board of directors or any committee designated by such board may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.#

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

Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 11; Ga. L. 1950, p. 233, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 783, § 1; Code 1933, § 34C-607, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.

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

Text read from t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V34, 2025 edition, page 291; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.