Ohio Code 1702.22 – Quorum of voting members
Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1702.22
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Articles: includes original articles of incorporation, agreements of merger or consolidation if and only to the extent that articles of incorporation are adopted or amended in the agreements, amended articles, and amendments to any of these, and, in the case of a corporation created before September 1, 1851, the special charter and any amendments to it made by special act of the general assembly or pursuant to general law. See Ohio Code 1702.01
- Authorized communications equipment: means any communications equipment that provides a transmission, including, but not limited to, by telephone, telecopy, or any electronic means, from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by, and accurately reflects the intention of, the member or director involved and, with respect to meetings, allows all persons participating in the meeting to contemporaneously communicate with each other. See Ohio Code 1702.01
- Person: includes , but is not limited to, a nonprofit corporation, a business corporation, a partnership, an unincorporated society or association, and two or more persons having a joint or common interest. See Ohio Code 1702.01
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
(A)(1) The voting members present in person, by the use of authorized communications equipment, by mail, or, if permitted, by proxy at any meeting of voting members shall constitute a quorum for the meeting.
(2) The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present as provided in division (A)(1) of this section shall be necessary for the authorization or taking of any action voted upon by the members, except that no action required by law, the articles, or the regulations to be authorized or taken by a specified proportion or number of the voting members or of any class of voting members may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion or number.
(B) A majority of the voting members present at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn the meeting from time to time.