Section 5521.  


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  • A corporation with 500 or more members may provide that, except for directors who are elected as authorized by Section 5152 or 5153, and except as provided in Section 5522, any person who is qualified to be elected to the board of directors of the corporation may be nominated:

    (a) By any method authorized by the bylaws, or if no method is set forth in the bylaws by any method authorized by the board.

    (b) By petition delivered to an officer of the corporation, signed within 11 months preceding the next time directors will be elected, by members representing the following number of votes:

    Number of Votes Eligible

    to be Cast for Director

    Disregarding any Provision

    for Cumulative Voting

    Number of Votes

    Under 5,000 ........................

    2 percent of voting power

    5,000 or more ........................

    one-twentieth of 1 percent of
    voting power but not less than
    100, nor more than 500.

    (c) If there is a meeting to elect directors, by any member present at the meeting in person or by proxy if proxies are permitted.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 589, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)