Whenever, with respect to the authorization or taking of any action by the members or the directors, the articles or the regulations require the vote, consent, waiver, or release of a greater proportion or number of the members or the directors than that otherwise required by law with respect thereto, the provisions of the articles or the regulations shall control.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1702.23

  • Articles: includes original articles of incorporation, agreements of merger or consolidation if and only to the extent that articles of incorporation are adopted or amended in the agreements, amended articles, and amendments to any of these, and, in the case of a corporation created before September 1, 1851, the special charter and any amendments to it made by special act of the general assembly or pursuant to general law. See Ohio Code 1702.01
  • Directors: means the persons vested with the authority to conduct the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name, such as trustees, by which they are designated. See Ohio Code 1702.01