LD 1539
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Item 1

 
Sec. B-61. 13-C MRSA §727, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
1. Quorum. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting
group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum
of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless the
corporation's articles of incorporation or this Act provides
otherwise for a greater or lesser quorum, a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes
a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. A
quorum may not consist of less than 1/3 of the shares of a voting
group entitled to vote on a matter.

 
Sec. B-62. 13-C MRSA §731, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
3. Clerk; officer; employee. An inspector may be the clerk
or an officer or employee of the corporation.

 
Sec. B-63. 13-C MRSA §743, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

 
2. Requirements for shareholder agreement. An agreement
authorized by this section must comply with each of the following
paragraphs.

 
A. The agreement must be set forth:

 
(1) In the articles of incorporation or bylaws and
approved by all persons who are shareholders at the
time of the agreement; or

 
(2) In a written agreement that is signed by all
persons who are shareholders at the time of the
agreement and is made known to the corporation.

 
B. The agreement must be subject to amendment only by all
persons who are shareholders at the time of the amendment,
unless the agreement provides otherwise or unless the
amendment is governed by subsection 8.

 
C. The agreement must be valid for an unlimited term,
unless the agreement provides otherwise.

 
An agreement authorized by this section is valid for an unlimited
term unless the agreement provides otherwise.

 
Sec. B-64. 13-C MRSA §808, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:


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