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HI Rev Stat § 414D-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-64 Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name.

  §414D-64 Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name. (a) Any domestic corporation in good standing or foreign corporation authorized to do business in this State claiming that the name of another entity registered or authorized to transact business under the laws of this State is substantially identical to, or confusingly similar with its name, may file a petition with the department director for an administrative order of abatement to address the infringement of its name. The petition shall set forth the facts and authority that support the petitioner's claim that further use of the name should be abated. The petitioner, at the petitioner's expense, shall notify the registrant of the hearing and the registrant shall be given an opportunity to address the petition at a hearing. The notice shall be made and the hearing held in accordance with the contested case provisions of chapter 91.  (b) In addition to any other remedy or sanction allowed by law, the order of abatement may:  (1) Allow the entity to retain its registered name but require the entity to register a new trade name with the department director under which the entity shall conduct business in this State; or  (2) Require the entity to change its registered name, register a new name with the department director, and require the entity to conduct business in this State under its new name. If an entity fails to comply with the order of abatement within sixty days, the department director may involuntarily dissolve or terminate the entity, or cancel or revoke the entity's registration or certificate of authority, after the time to appeal has lapsed and no appeal has been timely filed. The department director shall mail notice of the dissolution, termination, or cancellation to the entity at its last known mailing address. The entity shall wind up its affairs in accordance with this chapter or chapters 414, 415A, 425, 425E, and 428, as applicable.  (c) Any person aggrieved by the department director's order under this section may obtain judicial review in accordance with chapter 91 by filing a notice of appeal in circuit court within thirty days after the issuance of the department director's order. The trial by the circuit court of any such proceeding shall be de novo. Review of any final judgment of the circuit court under this section shall be governed by chapter 602. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2003, c 210, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-71 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-71 Registered agent.

  §414D-71 Registered agent. Each corporation shall continuously maintain in this State a registered agent, who shall have a business address in this State and shall be:  (1) An individual who resides in this State;  (2) A domestic entity authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State; or  (3) A foreign entity authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §40; am L 2003, c 124, §27; am L 2012, c 58, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-72 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-72 Designation or change of registered agent.

  §414D-72 Designation or change of registered agent. (a) A corporation that does not already have a registered agent shall designate its registered agent by complying with section 425R-4.  (b) A corporation may change its registered agent by complying with section 425R-7.  (c) If the registered agent changes its name, address, or type or jurisdiction of organization, the agent shall comply with the requirements of section 425R-8 or 425R-9, whichever is applicable. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §41; am L 2012, c 58, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-73 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-73 Resignation of registered agent.

  §414D-73 Resignation of registered agent. A registered agent may resign from the registered agent's appointment by complying with the requirements of section 425R-10. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2012, c 58, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-74 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-74 Service on corporation.

  §414D-74 Service on corporation. (a) Service of any notice or process authorized by law that is issued against any domestic or foreign corporation by any court, judicial or administrative officer, or board, may be made in the manner provided by law upon any registered agent, officer, or director of the corporation who is found within the jurisdiction of the court, officer, or board; or if any registered agent, officer, or director cannot be found, upon the manager or superintendent of the corporation or any person who is found in charge of the property, business, or office of the corporation within the jurisdiction.  (b) If no officer, director, manager, superintendent, or other person in charge of the property, business, or office of the corporation can be found within the State, and the corporation has not filed with the department director pursuant to this chapter the name of a registered agent upon whom legal notice and process from the courts of the State may be served, or the person named is not found within the State, service may be made upon the corporation by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the corporation at its principal office.  (c) Service by using registered or certified mail is perfected at the earliest of:  (1) The date the corporation receives the mail;  (2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or  (3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.  (d) Nothing contained herein shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a corporation in any other manner permitted by law. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §42; am L 2003, c 124, §28; am L 2006, c 184, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-81 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-81 Admission.

  §414D-81 Admission. (a) The articles or bylaws may establish criteria or procedures for the admission of members.  (b) No person shall be admitted as a member without the person's consent. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-82 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-82 Consideration.

  §414D-82 Consideration. Except as provided in its articles or bylaws, a corporation may admit members for no consideration or for such consideration as is determined by the board. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-83 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-83 No requirement of members.

  §414D-83 No requirement of members. A corporation is not required to have members. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-84 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-84 Differences in rights and obligations of members.

  §414D-84 Differences in rights and obligations of members. (a) All members shall have the same rights and obligations with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption, and transfer; unless the articles or bylaws establish classes of membership with different rights or obligations.  (b) All members shall have the same rights and obligations with respect to any other matters, except as set forth in or authorized by the articles or bylaws. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-85 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-85 Member's liability to third parties.

  §414D-85 Member's liability to third parties. A member of a corporation is not, as such, personally liable for the acts, debts, liabilities, or obligations of the corporation. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-86 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-86 Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees.

  §414D-86 Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees. A member may be liable to the corporation for dues, assessments, or fees; provided that the articles or bylaws or a resolution adopted by the board authorizing or imposing dues, assessments, or fees does not, by itself, create liability. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-87 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-87 Creditor's action against member.

  §414D-87 Creditor's action against member. (a) No action may be brought by a creditor to reach the liability, if any, of a member to the corporation unless final judgment has been rendered in favor of the creditor against the corporation, and execution has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part or unless such action would be useless.  (b) All creditors of the corporation, with or without reducing their claims to judgment, may intervene in any creditor's action brought under subsection (a) to reach and apply unpaid amounts due the corporation. Any or all members who owe amounts to the corporation may be joined in the action. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-88 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-88 REPEALED.

  §414D-88 REPEALED. L 2002, c 130, §113.
HI Rev Stat § 414D-89 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-89 Termination, expulsion, and suspension.

  §414D-89 Termination, expulsion, and suspension. (a) No member may be expelled or suspended, and no membership or memberships in such corporations may be terminated or suspended except pursuant to a procedure that is fair and reasonable, and is carried out in good faith.  (b) A procedure shall be fair and reasonable when either:  (1) The articles or bylaws set forth a procedure that provides:  (A) Not less than fifteen days prior written notice of the expulsion, suspension, or termination and the reasons therefor; and  (B) An opportunity for the member to be heard, orally or in writing, not less than five days before the effective date of the expulsion, suspension, or termination by a person or persons authorized to decide that the proposed expulsion, termination, or suspension not take place; or  (2) It is fair and reasonable taking into consideration all of the relevant facts and circumstances.  (c) Any written notice given by mail shall be sent to the last known address of the member shown on the corporation's records.  (d) Any proceeding challenging an expulsion, suspension, or termination, including a proceeding in which defective notice is alleged, shall commence within one year after the effective date of the expulsion, suspension, or termination.  (e) A member who has been expelled or suspended may be liable to the corporation for dues, assessments, or fees as a result of obligations incurred or commitments made prior to the expulsion or suspension.  (f) If the expulsion or termination of membership is the result of a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceeding, no other proceeding may be brought to challenge the expulsion or termination and in no event shall this provision give rise to any right of redemption. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §43] Case Notes  Where church was not a hierarchical church, but a congregational church that made decisions by a vote of its members as set forth in its "petition for charter" of incorporation and bylaws, the church was governed by this chapter; thus, appellants should have been allowed to amend their complaint, had standing to contest their expulsion, and were not precluded from doing so by the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine; also, doctrine did not bar appellants' complaint to the extent it did not require resolution of controversies over church doctrine, law, or polity. 118 H. 165 (App.), 185 P.3d 913 (2008).
HI Rev Stat § 414D-89.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-89.5 Amendment terminating or canceling members; redemption of membership. (a) Any amendment to the articles or bylaws which would terminate all members or any class of members or redeem or cancel all memberships or any class of memberships shall meet the requirements of this chapter and this section. (b) Prior to adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the board of the corporation shall give notice of the general nature of the amendment to the members. (c) After adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the notice to members proposing such amendment shall include one or more statements of up to five hundred words opposing the proposed amendment if such statement is submitted by any five members, or by members having three per cent or more of the voting power, whichever is less, not later than twenty days after the board has voted to submit such amendment to the members for approval. The production and mailing costs shall be paid by the corporation. (d) Any such amendment shall be approved by the members, whether through attendance or proxy, by two-thirds of the votes cast by each class present at the meeting at which the amendment is voted upon. (e) Section 414D-89 shall not apply to any amendment meeting the requirements of this chapter and this section. [L 2003, c 81, §1]

  §414D-89.5 Amendment terminating or canceling members; redemption of membership. (a) Any amendment to the articles or bylaws which would terminate all members or any class of members or redeem or cancel all memberships or any class of memberships shall meet the requirements of this chapter and this section.  (b) Prior to adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the board of the corporation shall give notice of the general nature of the amendment to the members.  (c) After adopting a resolution proposing such an amendment, the notice to members proposing such amendment shall include one or more statements of up to five hundred words opposing the proposed amendment if such statement is submitted by any five members, or by members having three per cent or more of the voting power, whichever is less, not later than twenty days after the board has voted to submit such amendment to the members for approval. The production and mailing costs shall be paid by the corporation.  (d) Any such amendment shall be approved by the members, whether through attendance or proxy, by two-thirds of the votes cast by each class present at the meeting at which the amendment is voted upon.  (e) Section 414D-89 shall not apply to any amendment meeting the requirements of this chapter and this section. [L 2003, c 81, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-90 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-90 Derivative suits.

  §414D-90 Derivative suits. (a) A proceeding may be brought on behalf of a domestic or foreign corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by any member or members having five per cent or more of the voting power, or by fifty members, whichever is less, or any director.  (b) In any such proceeding, each complainant shall be a member or director at the time the proceeding is initiated.  (c) A complaint in a proceeding brought on behalf of a corporation shall be verified and allege with particularity the demand made, if any, to obtain action by the directors, and either why the complainants could not obtain the action or why they did not make the demand. If a demand for action was made and the corporation's investigation of the demand is in progress when the proceeding is filed, the court may stay the suit until the investigation is completed.  (d) On termination of the proceeding, the court may require the complainants to pay any defendant's reasonable expenses (including counsel fees) incurred in defending the suit if it finds that the proceeding was commenced frivolously or in bad faith.  (e) If the proceeding on behalf of the corporation results in the corporation taking some action requested by the complainants or otherwise is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything was received by the complainants as the result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of an action or claim, the court may award the complainants reasonable expenses (including counsel fees).  (f) The complainants shall notify the attorney general within ten days after commencing any proceeding under this section if the proceeding involves a public benefit corporation. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 171, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-91 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-91 Delegates.

  §414D-91 Delegates. (a) A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for delegates having some or all of the authority of members.  (b) The articles or bylaws may set forth provisions relating to:  (1) The characteristics, qualifications, rights, limitations, and obligations of delegates including their selection and removal;  (2) Calling, noticing, holding, and conducting meetings of delegates; and  (3) Carrying on corporate activities during and between meetings of delegates. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-92 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-92 Purchase of memberships.

  §414D-92 Purchase of memberships. (a) A public benefit corporation shall not purchase any of its memberships or any right arising therefrom.  (b) A corporation other than a public benefit corporation may purchase its memberships only to the extent provided in section 414D-232. [L 2019, c 65, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-101 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-101 Annual and regular meetings.

 §414D-101 Annual and regular meetings. (a) A corporation with members shall hold a membership meeting annually at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.  (b) A corporation with members may hold regular membership meetings at the times stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.  (c) Annual and regular membership meetings may be held in or out of this State at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, annual and regular meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office.  (d) At the annual meeting:  (1) The president and chief financial officer shall report on the activities and financial condition of the corporation; and  (2) The members shall consider and act upon other matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of sections 414D-105 and 414D-111.  (e) At regular meetings, the members shall consider and act upon matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of sections 414D-105 and 414D-111.  (f) The failure to hold an annual or regular meeting at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action.  (g) If authorized by the board of directors in its sole discretion, members or proxies of members may participate at an annual or regular meeting of members by means of the Internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology in a manner that allows members the opportunity to:  (1) Read or hear the proceedings substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the proceedings;  (2) Vote on matters submitted to the members;  (3) Pose questions; and  (4) Make comments.  A member or proxy of a member participating in a meeting by means authorized by this subsection shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting. The corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of the Internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology is a member or proxy of a member. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2011, c 37, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 414D-102 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act|414D-102 Special meetings.

  §414D-102 Special meetings. (a) A corporation with members shall hold a special meeting of members:  (1) On call of its board, or the person or persons authorized to do so by the articles or bylaws; or  (2) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, if the holders of at least five per cent of the voting power of any corporation sign, date, and deliver to any corporate officer one or more written demands for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.  (b) The close of business on the thirtieth day before delivery of the demand or demands for a special meeting to any corporate officer shall be the record date for the purpose of determining whether the five per cent requirement of subsection (a) has been met.  (c) If a notice for a special meeting demanded under subsection (a)(2) is not given pursuant to section 414D-105 within thirty days after the date the written demand or demands are delivered to a corporate officer, [regardless of] notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (d), a person signing the demand or demands may set the time and place of the meeting and give notice pursuant to section 414D-105.  (d) Special meetings of members may be held in or out of this State at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office.  (e) Only those matters that are within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by section 414D-105 shall be conducted at a special meeting of members.  (f) If authorized by the board of directors in its sole discretion, members or proxies of members may participate at a special meeting of members by means of the Internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology in a manner that allows members the opportunity to:  (1) Read or hear the proceedings substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the proceedings;  (2) Vote on matters submitted to the members;  (3) Pose questions; and  (4) Make comments.  A member or proxy of a member participating in a meeting by means authorized by this subsection shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting. The corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of the Internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology is a member or proxy of a member. [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2002, c 130, §44; am L 2011, c 37, §7]