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CHAPTER 805 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986
Directors and Officers
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(805
ILCS 105/Art. 8 heading)
ARTICLE 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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(805
ILCS 105/108.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.05)
Sec.
108.05. Board of directors.
(a)
Each corporation shall have a board of directors, and except
as provided in articles of incorporation or the bylaws, the affairs
of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction
of the board of directors.
(b)
The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe qualifications
for directors. A director need not be a resident of this State
or a member of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation
or bylaws so prescribe. The articles of incorporation or the
bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
(c)
Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or
bylaws, the board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the directors then in office, shall have authority
to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services
to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise, notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 108.60 of this Act.
(d)
No director may act by proxy on any matter.
(Source: P.A.
87- 854.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.10) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.10)
Sec.
108.10. Number, election and resignation of directors. (a) The
board of directors of a corporation shall consist of three or
more directors. The number of directors shall be fixed by the
bylaws, except the number of initial directors shall be fixed
by the incorporators in the articles of incorporation. In the
absence of a bylaw fixing the number of directors, the number
shall be the same as that fixed in the articles of incorporation.
The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time
to time by amendment to the bylaws.
(b)
The bylaws may establish a variable range for the size of the
board by prescribing a minimum and maximum (which may not be
less than 3 or exceed the minimum by more than 5) number of directors.
If a variable range is established, unless the bylaws otherwise
provide, the number of directors may be fixed or changed from
time to time, within the minimum and maximum, by the directors
without further amendment to the bylaws.
(c)
The terms of all directors expire at the next meeting for the
election of directors following their election unless their terms
are staggered under subsection (e). The term of a director elected
to fill a vacancy expires at the next annual meeting of the members
entitled to vote at which his or her predecessor's term would
have expired or in accordance with Section 108.30 of this Act.
The term of a director elected as a result of an increase in
the number of directors expires at the next annual meeting of
members entitled to vote unless the term is staggered under subsection
(e).
(d)
Despite the expiration of a director's term, he or she continues
to serve until the next meeting of members entitled to vote on
directors at which directors are elected. A decrease in the number
of directors does not shorten an incumbent director's term.
(e)
The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may provide that
directors may be divided into classes and the terms of office
of several classes need not be uniform. Each director shall hold
office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor
shall have been elected and qualified.
(f)
If the articles of incorporation or bylaws authorize dividing
the members into classes, the articles may also authorize the
election of all or a specified number or percentage of directors
by one or more authorized classes of members.
(g)
A director may resign at any time by written notice delivered
to the board of directors, its chairman, or to the president
or secretary of the corporation. A resignation is effective when
the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a future
date. The pending vacancy may be filled before the effective
date, but the successor shall not take office until the effective
date.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.15)
Sec.
108.15. Quorum of directors. (a) Unless otherwise provided in
the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, a majority of the
directors then in office shall constitute a quorum; provided,
that in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one- third
of the directors then in office.
(b)
The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of
directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by
the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
(c)
Unless specifically prohibited by the articles of incorporation
or bylaws, directors or nondirector committee
members may participate in and act at any meeting of such board
or committee through the use of a conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating
in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation
in such meeting shall constitute attendance and presence in person
at the meeting of the person or persons so participating.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.20)
Sec.
108.20. Place of directors' meetings. Regular or special meetings
of the board of directors may be held either within or without
this State.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.21) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.21)
Sec.
108.21. Meetings of the board of directors of a residential cooperative
not- for- profit corporation containing 24 or more
units shall be open to any member, except for the portion of
any meeting held (i) to discuss litigation
when an action against or on behalf of the corporation has been
filed and is pending in a court or administrative tribunal, or
when the board of directors finds that such an action is probable
or imminent, (ii) to consider information regarding appointment,
employment or dismissal of an employee, or (iii) to discuss violations
of rules and regulations of the corporation by a residential
shareholder. Any member may record by tape, film or other means
the proceedings at such meetings or portions thereof required
to be open by this Section. The board may prescribe reasonable
rules and regulations to govern the right to make such recordings.
Notice of such meetings shall be mailed or delivered at least
48 hours prior thereto, unless a written waiver of such notice
is signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice pursuant
to the articles of incorporation, bylaws, other instrument before the meeting is convened. Copies
of notices of meetings of the board of directors shall be posted
in entranceways, elevators, or other conspicuous places in the
residential cooperative at least 48 hours prior to the meeting
of the board of directors. If there is no common entranceway
for 7 or more apartments, the board of directors may designate
one or more locations in the proximity of such units where the
notices of meetings shall be posted. For purposes of this Section, "meeting
of the board of directors" means any gathering of a quorum
of the members of the board of directors of the residential cooperative
held for the purpose of discussing business of the cooperative.
The provisions of this Section shall apply to any residential
cooperative containing 24 or more units situated in the State
of Illinois regardless of where such cooperative
may be incorporated.
(Source: P.A.
91- 465, eff. 8- 6- 99;
92- 638, eff. 1- 1- 03.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.25)
Sec.
108.25. Notice of directors' meetings. Meetings of the board
of directors shall be held upon such notice as the bylaws may
prescribe. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute
a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a director attends
a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction
of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Unless provided otherwise in the articles of incorporation
or the bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor
the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of
directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice
of such meeting, except that no special meeting of directors
may remove a director under Section 108.35(b) of this Act unless
written notice of the proposed removal is delivered to all directors
at least twenty days prior to such meeting.
(Source: P.A.
84- 1423.)
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(805
ILCS 105/108.30) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.30)
Sec.
108.30. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors
and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in
the number of directors may be filled by the board of directors
unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide that
a vacancy or directorship so created shall be filled in some
other manner, in which case such provision shall control. A director
elected or appointed,
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