Wash. Rev. Code § 23B.08.240

Current through Chapter 376 of the 2024 Regular Session
Section 23B.08.240 - [Effective 6/6/2024] Quorum and voting
(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for a greater or lesser number or unless otherwise expressly provided in this title, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a quorum of the board of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws may not consist of less than one-third of the specified or fixed number of directors.
(3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors or unless otherwise expressly provided in this title.
(4) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee when corporate action is approved is deemed to have assented to the corporate action unless:
(a) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director's arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;
(b) the director's dissent or abstention as to the corporate action is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or
(c) the director delivers written notice of the director's dissent or abstention as to the corporate action to the presiding officer of the meeting before adjournment or to the corporation within a reasonable time after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the corporate action.

RCW 23B.08.240

Amended by 2024 c 22,§ 18, eff. 6/6/2024.
Amended by 2020 c 57,§ 61, eff. 6/11/2020.
2009 c 189 § 26; 2002 c 297 § 31; 1991 c 72 § 35; 1989 c 165 § 95.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.