15 Pa. C.S. § 5766

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
Section 5766 - Consent of members in lieu of meeting
(a)Unanimous consent. --Unless otherwise restricted in the bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the members or of a class of members of a nonprofit corporation may be taken without a meeting if a consent or consents to the action in record form are signed, before, on or after the effective time of the action, by all of the members who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for that purpose. The consent or consents must be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the members.
(b)Partial consent.--If the bylaws so provide, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the members or of a class of members may be taken without a meeting upon the signed consent of members who would have been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all members entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. The consents must be filed in record form with the minutes of the proceedings of the members.
(c)Notice of action by partial consent.-- Unless the bylaws require notice before an action pursuant to subsection (b) takes effect, prompt notice that an action has been taken shall be given to each member entitled to vote on the action that has not consented.
(d) Escrowing of consents.--A consent may provide, or a person signing a consent, whether or not then a member, may instruct in record form, that the consent will be effective at a future time, including a time determined upon the happening of an event. In the case of a consent signed by a person not a member at the time of signing, the consent is effective at the stated effective time if the person who signed the consent is a member at the effective time and did not revoke the consent in record form prior to the effective time. A consent is effective at the stated effective time, even if one or more signers are no longer members at the effective time if consents by members entitled to cast the required number of votes have not been revoked before the effective time.
(e)Revocation of consent.--Unless otherwise provided in a consent, a signer of the consent may revoke the signer's consent in record form until it becomes effective.

15 Pa.C.S. § 5766

Amended by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 122, § 89, eff. 1/2/2023.
Amended by P.L. 2639 2014 No. 172, § 33, eff. 7/1/2015.
Renumbered from § 5763 and amended by P.L. 476 2013 No. 67, § 41, eff. 9/7/2013.
1972, Nov. 15, P.L. 1063, No. 271, § 7767, effective in 90 days. Renumbered and amended 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1444, No. 177, § 103, effective Oct. 1, 1989.