(1) Unless mandated in the decentralized autonomous organization’s by-laws, a decentralized autonomous organization is not required to have an administrator, including a board of directors or a trustee.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-5-305

  • Administrator: means a person that is appointed in a manner specified in the by-laws to make decisions for specific, predefined operations of the decentralized autonomous organization. See Utah Code 48-5-101
  • By-laws: means the procedural rules and regulations that govern a decentralized autonomous organization and the interaction of the decentralized autonomous organization's members and participants. See Utah Code 48-5-101
  • Decentralized: means that decision-making is distributed among multiple persons. See Utah Code 48-5-101
  • Decentralized autonomous organization: means an organization:
         (6)(a) created by one or more smart contracts;
         (6)(b) that implements rules enabling individuals to coordinate for decentralized governance of an organization; and
         (6)(c) that is an entity formed under this chapter. See Utah Code 48-5-101
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) In the absence of a provision requiring administrators, all the powers and tasks of an administrator shall be vested in the decentralized autonomous organization members as a class.
(3) The voting mechanism for nominating and appointing an administrator shall be set out in the decentralized autonomous organization’s by-laws.