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O.C.G.A. § 14-3-601 — Authority to establish criteria or procedures for membership | Georgia Code
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TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

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

ARTICLE 6 MEMBERSHIP

14-3-601. Authority to establish criteria or procedures for membership.

  1. The articles or bylaws may establish criteria or procedures for admission of members.
  2. No person shall be admitted as a member without his or her consent.

(Code 1981, §14-3-601, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 68.)

COMMENT

This section is taken from the Model Act. Section 14-3-302(16) permits nonprofit corporations to admit members and to establish conditions for membership. Any person (as broadly defined in section 14-3-140(23) to include both individuals and entities) may be a member. Under subsection (b), however, a person cannot become a member without that person's express or implied consent. Consent may be implied, for example, by acceptance of membership benefits knowing that the benefits are offered only to members.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Nguyen v. Tran, 287 Ga. App. 888, 652 S.E.2d 881 (2007).

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