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MO Rev Stat § 355.236 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.236 - Special meetings.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.236. Special meetings. — 1. 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) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws of a public benefit corporation which is a church or convention or association of churches if the holders of at least five percent 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.  2. The close of business on the thirtieth day before delivery of the demand or demands for a special meeting to any corporate officer is the record date for the purpose of determining whether the five-percent requirement of subsection 1 of this section has been met.  3. If a notice for a special meeting demanded under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section is not given pursuant to section 355.251 within thirty days after the date the written demand or demands are delivered to a corporate officer, regardless of the requirements of subsection 4 of this section, a person signing the demand or demands may set the time and place of the meeting and give notice pursuant to section 355.251.  4. 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, or at such other location as may be specified by the board of directors.  5. Only those matters that are within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by section 355.251 may be conducted at a special meeting of members. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.241 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.241 - Court-ordered meeting, grounds.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.241. Court-ordered meeting, grounds. — 1. The circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located may summarily order a meeting to be held:  (1) On application of any member or other person entitled to participate in an annual or regular meeting, and in the case of a public benefit corporation other than a church or convention or association of churches, the attorney general, if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of six months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or fifteen months after its last annual meeting; or  (2) On application of any member or other person entitled to participate in a regular meeting, and in case of a public benefit corporation other than a church or convention or association of churches, the attorney general, if a regular meeting is not held within forty days after the date it was required to be held; or  (3) On application of a member who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under section 355.236 a person or persons entitled to call a special meeting, and in the case of a public benefit corporation other than a church or convention or association of churches, the attorney general, if:  (a) Notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date the demand was delivered to a corporate officer; or  (b) The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.  2. The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, specify a record date for determining members entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting, or direct that votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters, and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting.  3. If the court orders a meeting, it may also order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred to obtain the order. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.246 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.246 - Action by written consent.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.246. Action by written consent. — 1. Unless limited or prohibited by the articles or bylaws, action required or permitted by this chapter to be approved by the members may be approved without a meeting of members if the action is approved by members holding at least eighty percent of the voting power. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by those members representing at least eighty percent of the voting power, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.  2. If not otherwise determined under section 355.241 or 355.261, the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent under subsection 1 of this section.  3. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document filed with the secretary of state.  4. Written notice of member approval pursuant to this section shall be given to all members who have not signed the written consent. If written notice is required, member approval pursuant to this section shall be effective ten days after such written notice is given. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.251 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.251 - Notice of meeting.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.251. Notice of meeting. — 1. A corporation shall give notice consistent with its bylaws of meetings of members in a fair and reasonable manner.  2. Any notice which conforms to the requirements of subsection 3 of this section is fair and reasonable, but other means of giving notice may also be fair and reasonable when all the circumstances are considered; provided, however, that notice of matters referred to in subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section must be given as provided in subsection 3 of this section.  3. Notice is fair and reasonable if:  (1) The corporation notifies its members of the place, date and time of each annual, regular and special meeting of members no fewer than ten, or if notice is mailed by other than first-class or registered mail, thirty, nor more than sixty days before the meeting date;  (2) Notice of an annual or regular meeting includes a description of any matter or matters which must be approved by the members under section 355.416, 355.476, 355.561, 355.596, 355.631, 355.656, 355.666, or 355.671; and  (3) Notice of a special meeting includes a description of the matter or matters for which the meeting is called.  4. Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual, regular or special meeting of members is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place, if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under section 355.261, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to the members of record as of the new record date.  5. When giving notice of an annual, regular or special meeting of members, a corporation shall give notice of a matter a member intends to raise at the meeting if requested in writing to do so by a person entitled to call a special meeting, and the request is received by the secretary or president of the corporation at least ten days before the corporation gives notice of the meeting. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.256 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.256 - Waiver of notice.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.256. Waiver of notice. — 1. A member may waive any notice required by this chapter, the articles, or bylaws, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, signed by the member entitled to the notice, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.  2. A member's attendance at a meeting:  (1) Waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting;  (2) Waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the member objects to considering the matter when it is presented. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.261 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.261 - Manner of determining member's eligibility to notice, vote.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.261. Manner of determining member's eligibility to notice, vote. — 1. The bylaws of a corporation may fix or provide the manner of fixing a date as the record date for determining the members entitled to notice of a members' meeting. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix a future date as such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which the meeting is held are entitled to notice of the meeting.  2. The bylaws of a corporation may fix or provide the manner of fixing a date as the record date for determining the members entitled to vote at a members' meeting. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix a future date as such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members on the date of the meeting who are otherwise eligible to vote are entitled to vote at the meeting.  3. The bylaws may fix or provide the manner for determining a date as the record date for the purpose of determining the members entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix in advance such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later, are entitled to exercise such rights.  4. A record date fixed under this section may not be more than seventy days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members occurs.  5. A determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a membership meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixed a new date for determining the right to notice or the right to vote, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than seventy days after the record date for determining members entitled to notice of the original meeting.  6. If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date for notice or voting continues in effect or it may fix a new record date for notice or voting. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.266 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.266 - Action by written ballot.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.266. Action by written ballot. — 1. Unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws, any action which may be taken at any annual, regular or special meeting of members may be taken without a meeting if the corporation delivers a written ballot to every member entitled to vote on the matter.  2. A written ballot shall set forth each proposed action and shall provide an opportunity to vote for or against each proposed action.  3. Approval by written ballot pursuant to this section shall be valid only when the number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action, and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve the matter at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of votes cast by ballot.  4. All solicitations for votes by written ballot shall:  (1) Indicate the number of responses needed to meet the quorum requirements;  (2) State the percentage of approvals necessary to approve each matter other than election of directors; and  (3) Specify the time by which a ballot must be received by the corporation in order to be counted.  5. Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, a written ballot may not be revoked. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.271 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.271 - List of members.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.271. List of members. — 1. After fixing a record date for a notice of a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its members who are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. The list must show the address and number of votes each member is entitled to vote at the meeting.  2. The list of members must be available for inspection by any member for the purpose of communication with other members concerning the meeting, beginning two business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at a reasonable place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A member, a member's agent or a member's attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect the list, at a reasonable time, during the period it is available for inspection.  3. The corporation shall make the list of members available at the meeting, and any member, a member's agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.  4. If the corporation refuses to allow a member, a member's agent or a member's attorney to inspect the list of members before or at the meeting, the circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located, on application of the member, may summarily order the inspection and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection is complete, and may order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred to obtain the order.  5. Unless a written demand to inspect a membership list has been made under subsection 2 of this section prior to the membership meeting and a corporation improperly refuses to comply with the demand, refusal or failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.276 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.276 - Number of votes per member.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.276. Number of votes per member. — 1. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, each member is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on by the members.  2. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, if a membership stands of record in the names of two or more persons their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:  (1) If only one votes, such act binds all; and  (2) If more than one votes, the vote shall be divided on a pro rata basis. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.281 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.281 - Quorum requirement.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.281. Quorum requirement. — 1. Unless this chapter or the articles or bylaws provide for a higher or lower quorum, ten percent of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter must be represented at a meeting of members to constitute a quorum on that matter.  2. A bylaw amendment to decrease the quorum for any member action may be approved by the members, or, unless prohibited by the bylaws, by the board.  3. A bylaw amendment to increase the quorum required for any member action must be approved by the members.  4. Unless one-third or more of the voting power is present in person or by proxy, the only matters that may be voted upon at an annual or regular meeting of members are those matters that are described in the meeting notice. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.286 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.286 - Votes of majority of quorum, effect.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.286. Votes of majority of quorum, effect. — 1. Unless this chapter or the articles or the bylaws require a greater vote or voting by class, if a quorum is present, the affirmative votes of the votes represented and voting, which affirmative votes also constitute a majority of the required quorum, is the act of the members.  2. A bylaw amendment to increase or decrease the vote required for any member action must be approved by the members. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.291 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.291 - Proxy vote.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.291. Proxy vote. — 1. Unless the articles or bylaws prohibit or limit proxy voting, a member may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the member by signing an appointment form either personally or by an attorney-in-fact.  2. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form, but no proxy shall be valid for more than three years from the date of the appointment's execution.  3. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the member.  4. The death or incapacity of the member appointing a proxy does not affect the right of the corporation to accept the proxy's authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises authority under the appointment.  5. Appointment of a proxy is revoked by the person appointing the proxy attending any meeting and voting in person, or signing and delivering to the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate proxy votes either a written statement that the appointment of the proxy is revoked or a subsequent appointment form.  6. Subject to section 355.306 and any express limitation on the proxy's authority appearing on the face of the appointment form, a corporation is entitled to accept the proxy's vote or other action as that of the member making the appointment. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.296 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.296 - Cumulative voting.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.296. Cumulative voting. — 1. If the articles or bylaws provide for cumulative voting by members, members may so vote, by multiplying the number of votes the members are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote, and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more candidates.  2. Cumulative voting is not authorized at a particular meeting unless:  (1) The meeting notice or statement accompanying the notice states that cumulative voting will take place; or  (2) A member gives notice during the meeting and before the vote is taken of the member's intent to cumulate votes, and if one member gives this notice all other members participating in the election are entitled to cumulate their votes without giving further notice.  3. A director elected by cumulative voting may be removed by the members without cause if the requirements of section 355.346 are met unless the votes cast against removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect such director if voted cumulatively at an election at which the same total number of votes were cast, or, if such action is taken by written ballot, all memberships entitled to vote were voted, and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of the director's most recent election were then being elected.  4. Members may not cumulatively vote if the directors and members are identical. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95
MO Rev Stat § 355.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 355.301 - Alternative methods of electing directors.

Effective - 01 Jul 1995   355.301. Alternative methods of electing directors. — A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for election of directors by members or delegates on the basis of chapter or other organizational unit, by region or other geographic unit, by preferential voting, or by any other reasonable method. ­­-------- (L. 1994 H.B. 1095)  Effective 7-01-95