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Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 617
Corporations Not For Profit
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Section 617.0824, Florida Statutes 2000

617.0824  Quorum and voting.--

(1)  Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(2)  The articles of incorporation may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of less than a majority but no fewer than one-third of the prescribed number of directors determined under the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(3)  If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

(4)  A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:

(a)  The director objects, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival, to holding the meeting or transacting specified affairs at the meeting; or

(b)  The director votes against or abstains from the action taken.

History.--s. 50, ch. 90-179; s. 88, ch. 97-102.