(a)  Meetings of members may be held at any place, either within or without this state, that is provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any provision, all meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 7-6-18

  • Articles of incorporation: means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of consolidation and all amendments to it, including articles of merger and special acts of the general assembly creating corporations and/or entities. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-6-2
  • Board of directors: means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of the corporation (including, without being limited to, a board of trustees) regardless of the name by which the group is designated. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-6-2
  • Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation regardless of the name, or names, by which the rules are designated. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-6-2
  • 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.

(b)  An annual meeting of the members shall be held at the time that is provided in the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time does not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation.

(c)  Special meetings of the members may be called by the president or by the board of directors. Special meetings of the members may also be called by any other officers or persons or number or proportion of members that is provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. In the absence of a provision fixing the number or proportion of members entitled to call a meeting, a special meeting of members may be called by members having one-twentieth (1/20) of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.

History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 444, § 1.