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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT
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F.S. 617.0303
617.0303 Emergency powers.
(1) In anticipation of or during any emergency defined in subsection (5), the board of directors of a corporation may:
(a) Modify lines of succession to accommodate the incapacity of any director, officer, employee, or agent; and
(b) Relocate the principal office or designate alternative principal offices or regional offices or authorize the officers to do so.
(2) During an emergency defined in subsection (5), unless emergency bylaws provide otherwise:
(a) Notice of a meeting of the board of directors need be given only to those directors whom it is practicable to reach and may be given in any practicable manner, including by publication and radio;
(b) One or more officers of the corporation present at a meeting of the board of directors may be deemed to be directors for the meeting, in order of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority, as necessary to achieve a quorum; and
(c) The director or directors in attendance at a meeting, or any greater number affixed by the emergency bylaws, constitute a quorum.
(3) Corporate action taken in good faith during an emergency under this section to further the ordinary affairs of the corporation:
(a) Binds the corporation; and
(b) May not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.
(4) An officer, director, or employee acting in accordance with any emergency bylaws is only liable for willful misconduct.
(5) An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the corporation’s directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.
(6) To the extent not inconsistent with any emergency bylaws so adopted, the bylaws of the corporation shall remain in effect during any emergency, and upon termination of the emergency, the emergency bylaws will cease to be operative.
History.s. 25, ch. 90-179.

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Cases Citing Statute 617.0303

Total Results: 3

Beverly Health & Rehab. v. Freeman Ex Rel. Freeman

709 So. 2d 549, 1998 WL 66958

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 20, 1998 | Docket: 1682053

Cited 7 times | Published

or "minimum damages in the amount of $200"); § 617.303(5)(b), Fla. Stat. (1995) (granting member of homeowner's

Berg v. Wagner

935 So. 2d 100, 2006 WL 2265412

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 9, 2006 | Docket: 1671196

Cited 5 times | Published

slander of title (count II), and violation of section 617.303, Florida Statutes[1] (count III) against Association

Romero v. Shadywood Villas Homeowners Ass'n

657 So. 2d 1193, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 6129, 1995 WL 335704

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 1995 | Docket: 464091

Cited 2 times | Published

were instead governed by Florida Statutes, Section 617.303(4)(i), a section of the Florida Not For Profit