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Missouri Laws > Title XXIII > Chapter 355 > § 355.611 - Amendment terminating members or classes

355.611. 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.

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.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095)

Effective 7-1-95

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