Missouri Laws 355.611 – Amendment terminating members or classes
1. Any amendment to the articles or bylaws of a public benefit corporation other than a church or convention or association of churches or a mutual benefit corporation which would terminate all members or any class of members or redeem or cancel all memberships or any class of memberships must meet the requirements of this chapter and this section.
2. Before adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the board of a mutual benefit corporation shall give notice of the general nature of the amendment to the members.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.611
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- articles: amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Bylaws: the code or codes of rules, other than the articles, adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation, irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Class: a group of memberships which have the same rights with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption and transfer. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: public benefit and mutual benefit corporations. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Mutual benefit corporation: a domestic corporation which is formed as a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to sections 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Public benefit corporation: a domestic corporation which is formed as a public benefit corporation pursuant to sections 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Voting power: the total number of votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote which is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event that has not occurred at the time. See Missouri Laws 355.066
3. After adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the notice to members proposing such amendment shall include one statement of up to five hundred words opposing the proposed amendment if such statement is submitted by any five members or members having three percent or more of the voting power, whichever is less, not later than twenty days after the board has voted to submit such amendment to the members for their approval. In a public benefit corporation other than a church or convention or association of churches the production and mailing costs shall be paid by the requesting members. In mutual benefit corporations the production and mailing costs shall be paid by the corporation.
4. Any such amendment shall be approved by the members by two-thirds of the votes cast by each class.
5. The provisions of section 355.211 shall not apply to any amendment meeting the requirements of this chapter and this section.