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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 07, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S1387
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S1387 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Law Section:
- Business Corporation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง618, BC L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5008
2013-2014: S1270
2011-S1387 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1387 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the business corporation law, in relation to authorizing any shareholder owning twenty percent or more of the issued shares to elect that proportion of the directors which is equal to such shareholder's ownership of corporate shares PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Provides that any shareholder who owns twenty percent or more of a corporation's shares shall be entitled to elect its leadership. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would amend section 618 the business corporation law by adding a new subdivision that would allow a holder of 20% or more of the shares of a corporation to require board of directors to establish cumulative voting for the election of directors of the corporation. The minority shareholder would be required to petition for cumulative voting not less than 90 days before a scheduled election of directors. JUSTIFICATION: It is the guiding principle of the United States, as per the Bill of Rights, to provide within constitutional limitation,
2011-S1387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1387 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the business corporation law, in relation to authorizing any shareholder owning twenty percent or more of the issued shares to elect that proportion of the directors which is equal to such share- holder's ownership of corporate shares THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 618 of the business corporation law is amended to read as follows: S 618. Cumulative voting. (A) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation may provide that in all elections of directors of such corporation each shareholder shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which, except for such provisions as to cumulative voting, he OR SHE would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his OR HER shares multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and that he OR SHE may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two or more of them, as he OR SHE may see fit, which right, when exercised, shall be termed cumulative voting. (B) IF ANY SHAREHOLDER WHO OWNS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE OF THE ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ANY CORPORATION SHALL PETITION THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUCH CORPORATION TO CAUSE THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SUCH CORPORATION TO BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR CUMULATIVE VOTING AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL PROMPTLY CAUSE SUCH ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO BE SO AMENDED BEFORE THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING DIRECTORS, UNLESS SUCH NEXT MEETING WAS SCHEDULED AND NOTICED TO BE HELD LESS THAN NINETY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SUCH SHAREHOLDER PETITION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall apply to elections of directors occurring on or after such date.
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