California Corporations Code

§ 12253

CORP § 12253 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 3 · Title 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)“Voting power” means the power to vote for the election of directors at the time any determination of voting power is made and does not include the right to vote upon the happening of some condition or event that has not yet occurred.

(b)If different classes of memberships are entitled to vote as separate classes for different members of the board, the determination of percentage of voting power shall be made on the basis of the percentage of the total number of authorized directors that the memberships in question (whether of one or more classes) have the power to elect in an election at which all memberships then entitled to vote for the election of any directors are voted.

(c)Community investor voting power in a worker cooperative shall be provided in the articles or bylaws, and is limited to approval rights only over a merger, sale of major assets, reorganization, or dissolution. Approval rights shall not include the right to propose any action.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 192, Sec. 9. (AB 816) Effective January 1, 2016.