(a) A meeting of the corporation for the purpose of electing the board of directors shall be held not later than one hundred eighty days after the first conveyance of a dwelling unit to a shareholder, if at least forty per cent of the dwelling units have been conveyed by that time. If forty per cent of the dwelling units have not been conveyed within one year after the first conveyance, the meeting of the corporation may be held upon the call of the owners of at least ten per cent of the shares by a petition presented to the secretary of the corporation.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 421I-3

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • corporation: means a cooperative housing corporation that:

    (1) Has one and only one class of stock outstanding;
    (2) Allows each tenant shareholder to occupy a dwelling unit for dwelling purposes solely by reason of the tenant shareholder's ownership of stock in the corporation;
    (3) Does not allow a shareholder to receive, either conditionally or unconditionally, any distributions from the corporation except when there is a complete or partial liquidation of the corporation; provided that this paragraph does not apply to earnings and profits of the corporation; and
    (4) Has eighty per cent or more of the gross income for the taxable year in which taxes are paid or incurred pursuant to 26 United States Code § 216(A) derived from tenant shareholders. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421I-1
  • 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.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) Every member of the board of directors shall be:

(1) A shareholder of the cooperation;
(2) A spouse of a shareholder; or
(3) A trust beneficiary, if the shareholder is a trustee.
(c) Each dwelling unit shall have only one representative on the board of directors.