Iowa Code 490.824 – Quorum and voting
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1. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for a greater or lesser number, or unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.824
- Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
- Corporate action: means any action taken by or on behalf of the corporation, including any action taken by the incorporator, the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an officer or agent of the corporation, or the shareholders. See Iowa Code 490.145
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- written: means any information in the form of a document. See Iowa Code 490.140
2. The quorum of the board of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall not consist of less than one-third of the specified or fixed number of directors.
3. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors or unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
4. a. A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless one or more of the following occurs:
(1) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting.
(2) The dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting.
(3) The director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting.
b. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.