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O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1005 — Articles of amendment | Georgia Code
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TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Section 3. Nonprofit Corporations, 14-3-101 through 14-3-1703.

ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

14-3-1005. Articles of amendment.

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.

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

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 A.L.R. 1283.

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