Section 53-8-97 - Action by members or directors without a meeting.

NM Stat § 53-8-97 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Any action required by the Nonprofit Corporation Act to be taken at a meeting of the members or directors of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the members or directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the members entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, or all of the directors, as the case may be.

B. The consent as provided for in Subsection A of this section shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote and may be stated as such in any articles or document filed with the corporation commission [secretary of state] under the Nonprofit Corporation Act.

History: 1953 Comp., § 51-14-136, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 94.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 2013, ch. 75, § 9 provided that as of July 1, 2013, the secretary of state, pursuant to N.M. const., Art. 11, § 19, shall assume responsibility for chartering corporations as provided by law, including the performance of the functions of the former corporations bureau of the public regulation commission, and that except for Subsection D of 53-5-8 NMSA 1978, references to the "public regulation commission", "state corporation commission" or "commission" shall be construed to be references to the secretary of state. See 8-4-7 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 18A Am. Jur. 2d Corporations § 332.

18 C.J.S. Corporations § 362.