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IN Code § 23-17-7-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 7. Members; Admission; Types of Memberships; Rights and Duties|23-17-7-7. Liability for Obligations; Transferee's Liability

Sec. 7. (a) A member may become liable to the corporation for dues, assessments, or fees. However:(1) an article of incorporation or a bylaw provision; or(2) a resolution adopted by the board of directors;authorizing or imposing dues, assessments, or fees does not create liability to pay the obligation. However, nonpayment constitutes grounds for expelling or suspending the member or suspending or terminating the membership. The validity of mandatory membership and the validity of a lien imposed by a recorded declaration of covenant or a similar commitment running with the real property or an interest in the real property is not affected by this subsection.(b) A permitted transferee of a membership having notice at the time of the transfer of unpaid dues, assessments, or fees of the transferor is liable to the corporation for unpaid dues, assessments, or fees. However, a transferee who is an executor, an administrator, a guardian, a trustee, a receiver, or a pledgee is not personally liable for any unpaid consideration due to the corporation. An heir or a legatee who is a permitted transferee may surrender the membership to the corporation without incurring any liability for any unpaid consideration.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.96-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-17-7-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 7. Members; Admission; Types of Memberships; Rights and Duties|23-17-7-8. Creditor's Proceedings; Liability of Members; Prerequisites; Intervention and Joinder

Sec. 8. (a) A proceeding may not be brought by a creditor to reach or apply the liability, if any, of a member to the corporation unless:(1) final judgment has been rendered in favor of the creditor against the corporation and execution has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part;(2) the corporation has been adjudged bankrupt or a receiver has been appointed with the power to collect debts that a receiver on demand of a creditor to bring a proceeding has refused to do; or(3) the corporation has been dissolved leaving debts unpaid.However, a proceeding may not be brought more than three (3) years after the happening of any of the events described in this subsection.(b) Creditors of the corporation, with or without reducing the creditor's claims to judgment, may intervene in any creditor's proceeding brought under subsection (a) to reach and apply unpaid amounts due the corporation. Members who owe amounts to the corporation may be joined in the proceeding.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-7-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 7. Members; Admission; Types of Memberships; Rights and Duties|23-17-7-9. Advancements or Loans to Corporation; Return or Repayment

Sec. 9. A member may advance or loan money to the corporation that may be returned or repaid to the member at a time and under a condition that the corporation and the member agree. However, upon return or repayment, the member may not receive more than the principal amount of the money advanced or loaned, together with reasonable interest at a rate that is not in excess of market rate, whether fixed or variable, otherwise available without premium to the corporation under the same circumstances at the time of the advance or loan.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 8. Resignation and Termination of Members|23-17-8-1. Resignation; Liability for Obligations

Sec. 1. (a) A member may resign at any time.(b) The resignation of a member does not relieve the member from any obligations the member may have to the corporation as a result of obligations incurred or commitments made before a resignation.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 8. Resignation and Termination of Members|23-17-8-2. Expulsion, Suspension, or Termination; Procedures; Limitation of Actions; Liability for Obligations

Sec. 2. (a) A member of a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation may not be expelled or suspended and a membership or memberships in such a corporation may not be terminated or suspended except under a procedure that is:(1) fair and reasonable; and(2) carried out in good faith.(b) A procedure is fair and reasonable under either of the following conditions:(1) The articles of incorporation or bylaws set forth a procedure that provides the following:(A) Not less than fifteen (15) days prior written notice of the expulsion, suspension, or termination and the reasons for the expulsion, suspension, or termination.(B) An opportunity for the member to be heard, orally or in writing, not less than five (5) days before the effective date of the expulsion, suspension, or termination by a person authorized to decide that the proposed expulsion, termination, or suspension should not take place.(2) The procedure is fair and reasonable taking into consideration all of the relevant facts and circumstances.(c) Written notice given by mail must be given by first class or certified mail sent to the last address of the member shown on the corporation's records.(d) A proceeding challenging an expulsion, a suspension, or a termination, including a proceeding in which defective notice is alleged, must be commenced within one (1) year after the effective date of the expulsion, suspension, or termination.(e) A member who has been expelled or suspended or whose membership is terminated may be liable to the corporation for dues, assessments, or fees as a result of obligations incurred or commitments made before expulsion, suspension, or termination.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 8. Resignation and Termination of Members|23-17-8-3. Purchase of Memberships or Membership Rights; Public Benefit or Religious Corporation; Mutual Benefit Corporation

Sec. 3. (a) A public benefit or religious corporation may not purchase any of the corporation's memberships or any right arising from a membership.(b) A mutual benefit corporation may purchase the membership of a member who resigns or whose membership is terminated for the amount and under the conditions set forth in or authorized by the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws. A payment may not be made in violation of IC 23-17-21.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 9. Delegates|23-17-9-1. Authority

Sec. 1. A corporation may provide in articles of incorporation or bylaws that delegates have some or all of the authority of members.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 9. Delegates|23-17-9-2. Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Provisions

Sec. 2. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may set forth provisions relating to the following:(1) The characteristics, qualifications, rights, limitations, and obligations of delegates, including selection and removal.(2) Calling, noticing, holding, and conducting meetings of delegates.(3) Carrying on corporate activities during and between meetings of delegates.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-1. Annual and Regular Membership Meetings; Meetings and Participation by Remote Communication

Sec. 1. (a) A corporation with members must 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 inside of or outside of Indiana at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.(d) A corporation's bylaws adopted under this chapter may provide that an annual or regular membership meeting will not be held in any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication. If a place for meeting is not stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, the board of directors may either:(1) determine the location of the annual or regular membership meeting; or(2) elect that the meeting will not be held at any place but solely by means of remote communication.(e) If provided for in the bylaws or authorized by the board of directors, and subject to any guidelines and procedures the board of directors adopts, members not physically present at an annual or regular membership meeting may do the following:(1) Participate in the annual or regular membership meeting by means of remote communication.(2) If the conditions under subsection (f) are met, be considered present in person and vote at the annual or regular membership meeting, regardless of whether the meeting is held in person or by means of remote communication.(f) To conduct an annual or regular membership meeting by means of remote communication, a corporation must do the following:(1) Implement reasonable measures to verify the identity of each member considered present and permitted to vote at the meeting.(2) Implement reasonable measures to ensure all members have an opportunity to participate and vote on matters discussed at the meeting, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings.(3) Maintain minutes of the meeting, including a record of any votes cast or actions taken by a member.(g) At the annual meeting:(1) the president and chief financial officer or the president's and the chief financial officer's designees 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 section 5 of this chapter and IC 23-17-11-4(b).(h) At regular meetings the members shall consider and act upon matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of section 5 of this chapter and IC 23-17-11-4(b).(i) The failure to hold an annual or a regular meeting at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws does not do any of the following:(1) Affect the validity of any corporate action.(2) Work any forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.206-2021, SEC.7.
IN Code § 23-17-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-3. Court Ordered Meetings

Sec. 3. (a) The circuit court or superior court of the county where a corporation's principal office is located or, if no principal office is located in Indiana, the corporation's registered office, may order a meeting to be held and may fix the time and place of the meeting that shall be conducted in accordance with the corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws as follows:(1) On application of a member or other person entitled to participate in an annual or a regular meeting if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of the following:(A) Six (6) months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year.(B) Fifteen (15) months after the corporation's last annual meeting.(2) On application of a member or other person entitled to participate in a regular meeting if a regular meeting is not held within forty (40) days after the date it was required to be held.(3) On application of a member who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under section 2 of this chapter, a person entitled to call a special meeting if:(A) notice of the special meeting was not given within sixty (60) days after the date the demand was delivered to the corporation's secretary; or(B) the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-10-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-4. Action Taken Without Meeting; Approval of Action by Members Holding 80 Percent of Votes Entitled to Be Cast

Sec. 4. (a) Unless limited or prohibited by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, action required or permitted by this article to be approved by the members may be taken without a meeting of members if the action is approved by members holding at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast on the action. The action must be evidenced by at least one (1) written consent describing the action taken that meets the following conditions:(1) Is signed by the members representing at least eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast on the action.(2) Is delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporation's records.Requests for written consents must be delivered to all members.(b) If not otherwise determined under section 3 or 7 of this chapter, the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent under subsection (a).(c) A consent signed under this section:(1) has the effect of a meeting vote; and(2) may be described as such in any document.(d) Action taken under this section is effective when the last member necessary to meet the eighty percent (80%) requirement signs the consent unless a prior or subsequent effective date is specified in the consent.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-10-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-5. Notice of Meetings

Sec. 5. (a) A corporation shall give notice of meetings of members in a fair and reasonable manner.(b) A notice that conforms to the requirements of subsection (c) is fair and reasonable. However, other means of giving notice may also be fair and reasonable when all the circumstances are considered if notice of matters referred to in subsection (c)(2) is given as provided in subsection (c).(c) Unless fair and reasonable notice is otherwise specified in a corporation's bylaws, notice is fair and reasonable if the following occur:(1) The corporation notifies the corporation's members of the place, date, and time of each annual, regular, and special meeting of members not less than ten (10) days, or, if notice is mailed by other than first class or registered mail, thirty (30) days to sixty (60) days, before the meeting date.(2) Notice of an annual or a regular meeting includes a description of any matter or matters to be considered at the meeting that must be approved by the members under IC 23-17-13-2.5, IC 23-17-16-13, IC 23-17-17-5, IC 23-17-19-4, IC 23-17-20-2, or IC 23-17-22-2.(3) Notice of a special meeting includes a description of the purpose for which the meeting is called.(4) A corporation provides notice by:(A) communicating in person;(B) mail or other method of delivery; or(C) other electronic means capable of verification.(5) For a corporation, other than a veteran's organization, having more than one thousand (1,000) members, notice of the place, date, and time of an annual, a regular, or a special meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose of the special meeting, may be given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in English, in the county in which the corporation has the corporation's principal office if the publication is made not less than ten (10) days and not more than thirty (30) days before the meeting date.(d) Unless the bylaws require otherwise, if an annual, a regular, or a special meeting of members is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice is not required to 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 7 of this chapter, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this section to persons who are members as of the new record date.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.110-2008, SEC.4.
IN Code § 23-17-10-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-6. Waiver of Notice

Sec. 6. (a) A member may waive a notice required by this article, articles of incorporation, or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver by the member entitled to the notice must be as follows:(1) In writing.(2) Signed by the member entitled to the notice.(3) Delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporation's records.(b) 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; and(2) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose described in the meeting notice, unless the member objects to considering the matter when the matter is presented.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-10-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-7. Record Date

Sec. 7. (a) Bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date to determine the members entitled to notice of a members' meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors may fix a future date as a record date. If a record date is not fixed, the record date is determined as follows:(1) If members are entitled to notice of a members' meeting, the record date is the business day preceding the date 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.(2) If members are entitled to vote at a members' meeting, the record date is the date of the meeting.(3) If members are entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the record date is the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating the action or the sixtieth day before the date of other action, whichever is later.(b) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members occurs.(c) 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 of directors fixes a new date for determining the right to notice or the right to vote. A board of directors must fix the new date if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than seventy (70) days after the record date for determining members entitled to notice of the original meeting.(d) If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting, the court may:(1) provide that the original record date for notice or voting continues in effect; or(2) fix a new record date for notice or voting.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-10-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 10. Meetings and Action Without Meetings|23-17-10-8. Action Taken Without Meeting; Delivery of Written Ballots to Members Entitled to Vote on Matter

Sec. 8. (a) Unless prohibited or limited by articles of incorporation or bylaws, an action that may be taken at an annual, a regular, or a 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.(b) A written ballot must do the following:(1) Set forth each proposed action.(2) Provide an opportunity to vote for or against each proposed action.(c) Approval by written ballot under this section is valid only when the following occur:(1) The number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action.(2) 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.(d) A solicitation for votes by written ballot must do the following:(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 the election of directors.(3) Specify the time by which a ballot must be received by the corporation to be counted.(e) Except as otherwise provided in articles of incorporation or bylaws, a written ballot may not be revoked.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 11. Voting|23-17-11-2. Refusal to Provide Names or Identifying Information Relating to Contributors

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the requirements of this article, a corporation may refuse to provide names or identifying information relating to contributors.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-11-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 11. Voting|23-17-11-3. Member Entitled to One Vote; Membership Standing of Record in Names of Two or More Persons

Sec. 3. (a) Unless articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, a member is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on by the members.(b) Unless articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, if a membership stands of record in the names of at least two (2) persons, the acts of the persons with respect to voting have the following effect:(1) If one (1) person votes, the vote binds all persons.(2) If more than one (1) person votes, the vote shall be divided on a pro rata basis.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IN Code § 23-17-11-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 17. Nonprofit Corporations|Chapter 11. Voting|23-17-11-4. Quorum; Increasing or Decreasing Quorum; Vote on Matter Not Described in Notice for Regular or Annual Meeting; Votes Considered Present for Quorum Purposes

Sec. 4. (a) Unless this article, articles of incorporation, or bylaws provide for a higher or lower quorum, ten percent (10%) of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.(b) An amendment of articles of incorporation or bylaws to decrease the quorum for a member action may be approved by either of the following:(1) The members.(2) Unless prohibited by articles of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors.(c) An amendment of articles of incorporation or bylaws to increase the quorum required for a member action must be approved by the members.(d) Unless at least one-third (1/3) of the voting power is present in person or by proxy, the only matters that may be voted upon at an annual or a regular meeting of members are those matters that are described in the meeting notice.(e) After a vote is represented for any purpose at a meeting, the vote is considered present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.