Florida Statute 617.0824 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT

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F.S. 617.0824

617.0824 Quorum and voting.—

(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Directors younger than 18 years of age may not be counted toward a quorum.

(2) The articles of incorporation may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of less than a majority but no fewer than one-third of the prescribed number of directors determined under the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

(4) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:

(a) The director objects, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival, to holding the meeting or transacting specified affairs at the meeting; or

(b) The director votes against or abstains from the action taken.

History.—s. 50, ch. 90-179; s. 88, ch. 97-102; s. 30, ch. 2009-205.

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Cases Citing Statute 617.0824

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Heron at Destin West Beach & Bay Resort Condominium Ass'n v. Osprey at Destin West Beach

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-07-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 94 So. 3d 623, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10604, 2012 WL 2546063

Snippet: Florida Statutes of the Condominium Act or section 617.0824(3), Florida Statutes of the Non-Profit Corpo*630rations…a quorum is present. (Emphasis added). Section 617.0824, Florida Statutes (2009) states: (1) Unless the…vote of a greater number of directors. If section 617.0824 governing non-profit organizations controls, the