New Jersey Statutes 15A:5-9. Quorum of members
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 15A:5-9
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
a. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the bylaws, or this act, the members entitled to cast a majority of the votes at a meeting shall constitute a quorum at the meeting. The members present in person or by proxy at a duly organized meeting may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough members to leave less than a quorum. Less than a quorum may adjourn.
b. Whenever any class of members is entitled to vote separately on a specified item, the provisions of this section shall apply in determining the presence of a quorum of that class for the transaction of the specified item.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:5-9, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.