Legislation
SECTION 189
Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters thereat
Religious Corporations (RCO) CHAPTER 51, ARTICLE 9-A
§ 189. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications
of voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of every incorporated church
or society to which this article is applicable, the following persons,
and no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons who are
then members in good and regular standing of such church or society by
admission into full membership therewith. The presence at such meetings
of at least six persons qualified to vote thereat shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum, provided that any church or society to which this
article is applicable may by its by-laws fix the number of members
necessary to constitute a quorum. The action of the meeting upon any
matter or question shall be decided by a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon, a quorum being present, except that by-laws may
provide specifically for action being taken upon any matter or question
by more than a majority vote, in which event such by-law provisions
shall govern any such action; and further excepted that by-laws can be
adopted or amended only by a two-thirds vote, as hereinbefore provided
by this chapter. The clerk of the church or society shall call the
meeting to order, and then turn it over to a presiding officer chosen by
the qualified voters then present or to the one designated under the
provisions of the by-laws; and if an election is to be held at such
meeting, two inspectors of election shall be chosen by the qualified
voters then present, unless otherwise designated under the provisions of
the by-laws. The presiding officer and the inspectors of election shall
receive the votes, shall be the judges of the qualifications of voters
and shall decide the result of the votes cast at any election. The polls
of an annual corporate meeting shall remain open for such time as may be
determined by a majority of the qualified voters present. At each annual
corporate meeting successors to those trustees whose terms of office
then expire, shall be elected from the qualified voters by ballot, for a
term of three years thereafter, and until their successors shall be
elected and take office.
of voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of every incorporated church
or society to which this article is applicable, the following persons,
and no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons who are
then members in good and regular standing of such church or society by
admission into full membership therewith. The presence at such meetings
of at least six persons qualified to vote thereat shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum, provided that any church or society to which this
article is applicable may by its by-laws fix the number of members
necessary to constitute a quorum. The action of the meeting upon any
matter or question shall be decided by a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon, a quorum being present, except that by-laws may
provide specifically for action being taken upon any matter or question
by more than a majority vote, in which event such by-law provisions
shall govern any such action; and further excepted that by-laws can be
adopted or amended only by a two-thirds vote, as hereinbefore provided
by this chapter. The clerk of the church or society shall call the
meeting to order, and then turn it over to a presiding officer chosen by
the qualified voters then present or to the one designated under the
provisions of the by-laws; and if an election is to be held at such
meeting, two inspectors of election shall be chosen by the qualified
voters then present, unless otherwise designated under the provisions of
the by-laws. The presiding officer and the inspectors of election shall
receive the votes, shall be the judges of the qualifications of voters
and shall decide the result of the votes cast at any election. The polls
of an annual corporate meeting shall remain open for such time as may be
determined by a majority of the qualified voters present. At each annual
corporate meeting successors to those trustees whose terms of office
then expire, shall be elected from the qualified voters by ballot, for a
term of three years thereafter, and until their successors shall be
elected and take office.