Sec. 3. (a) All such corporations created before March 3, 1909, and existing on March 3, 1909, desiring to accept the provisions of this chapter may do so in the manner following, that is to say: At any regular meeting of the stockholders or others authorized to elect trustees or directors, such election shall be held in the usual manner; and thereupon such stockholders or electors may upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) in value of all the stock of such institution accept the provisions of this chapter for such corporation and may vote and declare that the board so elected and their successors shall be authorized and empowered thereafter from time to time to elect the directors, trustees, or other governing body of such institution; provided, also, that any university, college, or other institution of learning, the graduates of which university, college, or other institution of learning have and maintain an active alumni association, organized and operating under a constitution and bylaws and which constitution defines who shall be the active members of such alumni association and which university, college, or institution of learning is operating on March 3, 1909, under this chapter, by resolution duly passed at any regular meeting of the board of directors, trustees, or other governing body of such university, college, or institution of learning, or at a special meeting of such board of directors, trustees, or other governing body of such institution, called for that purpose, of which meeting, and the time, place, and the purpose thereof, ten (10) days notice, in writing, shall be given to all directors, trustees, or other governing body, and by a majority vote of the directors, trustees, or other governing body, may provide:

(1) that, after a date to be fixed in said resolution, and which date so fixed shall not be less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date on which such resolution shall be passed, the number of directors, trustees, or members of the governing board thereof shall be nine (9);

(2) that five (5) of such members shall be selected by the said governing body;

(3) that four (4) of such members shall be selected by the active members of the alumni association of such university, college, or institution of learning;

(4) that of the five (5) to be selected by such governing body, one (1) shall be elected to serve for the term of one (1) year, one (1) for the term of two (2) years, and three (3) for the term of three (3) years;

(5) that of the four (4) to be elected by the alumni association, one (1) shall be elected for the term of one (1) year, one (1) for the term of two (2) years, and two (2) for the term of three (3) years, and that thereafter the term of office of all members of such governing body shall be three (3) years, except when an election is had to fill a vacancy, in which case the election shall be only for the unexpired term;

(6) that the annual meeting of such board of trustees, directors, or other governing body shall be held on the first Monday of July in each year and that the term of office of outgoing directors, trustees, or other officers of such governing body shall expire on the date of such annual meeting and that the terms of the newly elected trustees, directors, or other officers of such governing body shall commence on said date;

(7) that the officers to be elected by said alumni association shall be elected by ballot, to be cast and taken at such time and in such manner, at such time and for such candidates as may be selected by the members of such alumni association, all in accordance with a resolution duly passed by such board of directors, trustees, or other governing body of such university, college, or other educational institution.

     (b) A certified copy of the resolution of the board of trustees, directors, or other governing body of such university, college, or other institution of learning, duly attested as to its passage and its correctness, filed with the secretary of state and with the recorder of the county in which such university, college, or other institution of learning is situated, shall constitute an amendment of its said charter conformable to the provisions of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1909, c.52, s.3; Acts 1929, c.210, s.1. As amended by P.L.34-1987, SEC.344.