O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1005 (2019)

Articles of amendment

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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A corporation amending its articles shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of amendment setting forth:

(1) The name of the corporation;

(2) The text of each amendment adopted;

(3) The date of each amendment’s adoption;

(4) If approval of members was not required, a statement to that effect and a statement that the amendment was approved by a sufficient vote of the board of directors or incorporators;

(5) If approval by members was required, a statement that the amendment was duly approved by the members in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 14-3-1003; and

(6) If approval of the amendment by some person or persons other than the members, the board, or the incorporators is required pursuant to Code Section 14-3-1030 or 14-3-1041, a statement that the approval was obtained.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-3-1005, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)

Annotations

COMMENT Subsections (5) and (6) have no Business Code counterpart. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Associations and Clubs, § 9. 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 90 et seq. C.J.S. - 7 C.J.S., Associations, § 6. 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 80.

ALR. - Applicability to corporations not organized for profit of statutes prescribing conditions under which foreign corporations may do business within state, 37 ALR 1283.