If the certificate of incorporation authorizes dividing the shares into classes, the certificate may also authorize the election of all or a specified number of directors by the holders of one or more authorized classes of shares. A class, or classes, of shares entitled to elect one or more directors is a separate voting group for purposes of the election of directors.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 86, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 64, 254.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation, effective January 1, 1997.