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2018 Georgia Code 14-2-303 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Section 2. Business Corporations, 14-2-101 through 14-2-1703.

ARTICLE 3 PURPOSES AND POWERS

14-2-303. Emergency powers.

  1. In anticipation of or during an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this Code section, the board of directors of a corporation may:
    1. Modify lines of succession to accommodate the incapacity of any director, officer, employee, or agent; and
    2. Relocate the principal office, designate alternative principal offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers to do so.
  2. During an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this Code section, unless emergency bylaws provide otherwise:
    1. 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; and
    2. 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.
  3. Corporate action taken in good faith during an emergency under this Code section to further the ordinary business affairs of the corporation:
    1. Binds the corporation; and
    2. May not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.
  4. An emergency exists for purposes of this Code section if a quorum of the corporation's directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.

(Code 1981, §14-2-303, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.)

COMMENT

Source: Model Act, § 14-2-303. Former law was found in § 14-2-177.

Section14-2-303 should be read in conjunction with Section14-2-207, which authorizes a corporation to adopt emergency or standby bylaws. Section14-2-303 grants every corporation limited powers to act in an emergency even though it has failed to enact emergency bylaws under Section14-2-207. The authority is more explicit than that granted by former § 14-2-177(h), which provided only that corporate action was valid "if it is substantially in compliance with this Code section or of it is otherwise practical and necessary for the emergency operation and management of the business."

Subsection (d) defines emergency more broadly than former § 177(a), to cover any catastrophic event that prevents a quorum from being assembled.

Cross-References Corporate powers, see § 14-2-302. Emergency bylaws, see § 14-2-207. "Notice" defined, see § 14-2-141. Notice of directors' meeting, see § 14-2-822. "Principal office" defined, see § 14-2-140.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 252 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 547, 573.

ALR.

- Conflict of laws as to validity and effect of corporate bylaw, 27 A.L.R.2d 435.

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