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MS Code § 79-11-282 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-282. Restrictions on corporate loans; borrower's liability

  A corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director or officer of the corporation.   The fact that a loan or guarantee is made in violation of this section does not affect the borrower's liability on the loan.
MS Code § 79-11-283 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-283. Recordkeeping requirements

  A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its members and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the members or directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by committees of the board of directors as authorized by Section 79-11-265.   A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.   A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its members in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all members, in alphabetical order by class showing the number of votes each member is entitled to vote.   A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in any other form of a record.   A corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:   Its articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;   Its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;   Resolutions adopted by its board of directors relating to the characteristics, qualifications, rights, limitations and obligations of members or any class or category of members;   The minutes of all meetings of members and records of all actions approved by the members for the past three (3) years;   All written communications to members generally within the past three (3) years;   A list of the names and business or home addresses of its current directors and officers; and   Its most recent status report delivered to the Secretary of State under Section 79-11-391.
MS Code § 79-11-285 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-285. Members' right to inspect and copy corporation records; requirements

  Subject to Section 79-11-287(3), a member is entitled to inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and location specified by the corporation, any of the records of the corporation described in Section 79-11-283(5) if the member gives the corporation written notice of his demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and copy.   A member is entitled to inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the corporation if the member meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this section and gives the corporation written notice at least five (5) business days before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and copy:   Excerpts from any records required to be maintained under Section 79-11-283(1), to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (1) of this section;   Accounting records of the corporation; and   Subject to Section 79-11-291, the membership list.     A member may inspect and copy the records identified in subsection (2) of this section only if:   The member's demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;   The member describes with reasonable particularity the purpose and the records the member desires to inspect; and   The records are directly connected with this purpose.     This section does not affect:   The right of a member to inspect records if the member is in litigation with the corporation, to the same extent as any other litigant; or   The power of a court, independently of Section 79-11-101 et seq., to compel the production of corporate records for examination.
MS Code § 79-11-287 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-287. Conditions on right to inspect; member's agent or attorney has right to inspect and copy records; means of copying records; charges for copying documents by corporation; lists which satisfy demand for record of members

  A member's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the member the agent or attorney represents.   The right to copy records under Section 79-11-285 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies. Copies may be provided through an electronic transmission if available and so requested by the member.   The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the member. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.   The corporation may comply with a member's demand to inspect the record of members under Section 79-11-285(2)(c) by providing the member with a list of its members that was compiled no earlier than the date of the member's demand.
MS Code § 79-11-289 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-289. Court-ordered inspection where corporation does not allow member to inspect and copy records

  If a corporation does not allow a member who complies with Section 79-11-285(1) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the chancery court in the county where the corporation's principal office is located, or the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense upon application of the member.   If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a member to inspect and copy any other record, the member who complies with Section 79-11-285(2) and (3) may apply to the chancery court in the county where the corporation's principal office is located, or the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.   If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation to pay the member's costs (including reasonable attorney's fees) incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded.   If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.
MS Code § 79-11-291 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-291. Restrictions on use of membership lists

 Without consent of the board, a membership list or any part thereof may not be obtained or used by any person for any purpose unrelated to a member's interest as a member. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the consent of the board a membership list or any part thereof may not be:   Used to solicit money or property unless such money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of the members in an election to be held by the corporation;   Used for any commercial purpose; or   Sold to or purchased by any person.
MS Code § 79-11-293 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-293. Authorization for making distributions; conditions for corporation to purchase memberships

  Except as authorized under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a corporation shall not make any distributions.   A corporation may purchase its memberships if after the purchase is completed:   The corporation would be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of its activities; and   The corporation's total assets would at least equal the sum of its total liabilities.     A corporation may make distributions upon dissolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 79-11-101 et seq. relating to dissolution.
MS Code § 79-11-295 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-295. Authorization to amend articles of incorporation

 A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation, from time to time, in any and as many respects as may be desired, so long as its articles of incorporation as amended contain only such provisions as are lawful under Section 79-11-101 et seq.
MS Code § 79-11-297 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-297. Amendment of articles of incorporation prior to corporation's acquisition of members

 If a corporation has not yet acquired members, its incorporators or board of directors may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation.
MS Code § 79-11-299 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-299. Amendments to articles of incorporation which may be adopted by board of directors without action by members

 Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation's board of directors may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation without action by members:   To extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law;   To delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;   To change the information required by Section 79-35-5(a);   To make any other change expressly permitted by Section 79-11-101 et seq. to be made without member action.
MS Code § 79-11-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-301. Procedures for making amendments to articles of incorporation

 Except as provided in Sections 79-11-297 and 79-11-299, amendments to the articles of incorporation shall be made in the following manner:   If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that it be submitted to a vote at a meeting of members entitled to vote thereon, which may be either an annual or a special meeting. Written notice setting forth the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected thereby shall be given to each member entitled to vote at such meeting within the time and in the manner provided in Section 79-11-101 et seq. for the giving of notice of meetings of members. The proposed amendment shall be adopted upon receiving at least two-thirds (2/3) of votes cast or a majority of the voting power, whichever is less.   If there are no members, or no members entitled to vote thereon, an amendment shall be adopted at a meeting of the board of directors upon receiving the vote of a majority of the directors in office.   Any number of amendments may be submitted and voted upon at any one meeting.
MS Code § 79-11-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-303. Amendments to articles affecting members of class to be voted on by members of such class

  The members of a class are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment to the articles if the amendment would:   Affect the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption or transfer of memberships in a manner different than such amendment would affect another class;   Change the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption or transfer by changing the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of another class;   Increase or decrease the number of memberships authorized for that class;   Increase the number of memberships authorized for another class;   Effect an exchange, reclassification or termination of the memberships of that class; or   Authorize a new class of memberships.     If a class is to be divided into two (2) or more classes as a result of an amendment to the articles, the amendment must be approved by the members of each class that would be created by the amendment.   If a class vote is required to approve an amendment to the articles the amendment must be approved by the members of the class by two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the class or a majority of the voting power of the class, whichever is less.   A class of members is entitled to the voting rights granted by this section although the articles and bylaws provide that the class may not vote on the proposed amendment.
MS Code § 79-11-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-305. Filing of amendments to articles of incorporation

 A corporation amending its articles of incorporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of amendment setting forth:   The name of the corporation;   The text of each amendment adopted;   The date of each amendment's adoption;   If an amendment was adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without action by members, a statement to that effect and that action by members was not required;   If an amendment was approved by the members:   The designation, number of memberships outstanding, number of votes entitled to be cast by each class entitled to vote separately on the amendment, and number of votes of each class indisputably represented at the meeting;   Either the total number of votes cast for and against the amendment by each class entitled to vote separately on the amendment or the total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment by each class and a statement that the number cast for the amendment by each class was sufficient for approval by that voting group.
MS Code § 79-11-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-307. Restatement of articles of incorporation

  A corporation's board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time with or without approval by members.   The restatement may include one or more amendments to the articles. If the restatement includes an amendment requiring approval by members, it must be adopted as provided in Section 79-11-301.   If the board of directors submits a restatement for approval by members, the corporation shall notify each member of the proposed meeting in accordance with Section 79-11-205. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed restatement and contain or be accompanied by a copy of the restatement that identifies any amendment or other change it would make in the articles.   A corporation restating its articles of incorporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of restatement setting forth the name of the corporation and the text of the restated articles of incorporation together with a certificate setting forth:   Whether the restatement contains an amendment to the articles requiring approval by the members and, if it does not, that the board of directors adopted the restatement; or   If the restatement contains an amendment to the articles requiring approval by the members, the information required by Section 79-11-305.     Duly adopted restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments to them.   The Secretary of State may certify restated articles of incorporation, as the articles of incorporation currently in effect, without including the certificate information required by subsection (4) of this section.
MS Code § 79-11-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-309. Amendments to articles of incorporation to carry out court ordered reorganization

  A corporation's articles of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors or members to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction under federal statute if the articles of incorporation after amendment contain only provisions required or permitted by Section 79-11-137.   The individual or individuals designated by the court shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of amendment setting forth:   The name of the corporation;   The text of each amendment approved by the court;   The date of the court's order or decree approving the articles of amendment;   The title of the reorganization proceeding in which the order or decree was entered; and   A statement that the court had jurisdiction of the proceeding under federal statute.     Members of a corporation undergoing reorganization do not have dissenters' rights except as and to the extent provided in the reorganization plan.   This section does not apply after entry of a final decree in the reorganization proceeding even though the court retains jurisdiction of the proceeding for limited purposes unrelated to consummation of the reorganization plan.
MS Code § 79-11-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-311. Amendments to articles of incorporation not to affect legal status of corporation

 An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, any requirement or limitation imposed upon the corporation or any property held by it by virtue of any trust upon which such property is held by the corporation or the existing rights of persons other than members of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation's name does not abate a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.
MS Code § 79-11-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-313. Adoption of amendments to bylaws where corporation has no members

 If a corporation has no members, its incorporators, until directors have been chosen, and thereafter its board of directors may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation's bylaws. The corporation shall provide notice of any meeting of directors at which an amendment is to be approved. The notice shall be in accordance with Section 79-11-259. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider a proposed amendment to the bylaws and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment or state the general nature of the amendment. The amendment must be approved by a majority of the directors in office at the time the amendment is adopted.
MS Code § 79-11-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies|Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act|§ 79-11-315. Approval of amendments to bylaws where corporation has members

  Unless Section 79-11-101 et seq., the articles, bylaws, the members (acting pursuant to subsection (2) of this section), or the board of directors (acting pursuant to subsection (3) of this section) require a greater vote or voting by class, an amendment to a corporation's bylaws to be adopted must be approved:   By the board if the amendment does not relate to the number of directors, the composition of the board, the term of office of directors, or the method or way in which directors are elected or selected; and   By the members of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast or a majority of the voting power, whichever is less.     The members may condition the amendment's adoption on its receipt of a higher percentage of affirmative votes or on any other basis.   If the board initiates an amendment to the bylaws or board approval is required by subsection (1) of this section to adopt an amendment to the bylaws, the board may condition the amendment's adoption on receipt of a higher percentage of affirmative votes or on any other basis.   If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members at a membership meeting, the corporation shall give notice to its members of the proposed membership meeting in writing in accordance with Section 79-11-205. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed amendment and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment.   If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members by written consent or written ballot, the material soliciting the approval shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment.