(a) Members entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those votes exists with respect to that matter. Except as provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, members representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-3A-7.24

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter is synonymous to the term certificate of formation used in Chapter 1. See Alabama Code 10A-3A-1.02
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, once a member is present or represented for any purpose at a meeting, the member is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be fixed for that adjourned meeting.
(c) If a quorum exists, action on a matter (other than the election of directors) by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the certificate of incorporation or bylaws require a greater number of affirmative votes.
(d) An amendment of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws adding, changing, or deleting a quorum or voting requirement for a voting group greater than specified in subsection (a) or subsection (c) is governed by Section 10A-3A-7.26.
(e) If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum is not present, those members present may adjourn the meeting to a time and place as they may determine. The certificate of incorporation or bylaws may provide that when a meeting that has been adjourned for lack of a quorum is reconvened, those members present, although less than a quorum as fixed in this section, the certificate of incorporation, or the bylaws, nonetheless constitute a quorum if the original notice of the meeting, or a notice of the adjourned meeting, states that those members who attend a meeting that has been adjourned for lack of a quorum will constitute a quorum even though they are less than a quorum.
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