§ 18-1013. Bylaws.  


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  • BYLAWS

    A.  The original or other bylaws of a corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the incorporators, by the initial directors if they were named in the certificate of incorporation, or, before a corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, by its board of directors.  After a corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, except as otherwise provided in its certificate of incorporation, the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws shall be in the board of directors, or, in the case of a nonstock corporation, in its governing body.

    B.  The bylaws may contain any provision, not inconsistent with law or with the certificate of incorporation, relating to the business of the corporation, the conduct of its affairs, and its rights or powers or the rights or powers of its shareholders, directors, officers or employees.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 292, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws 2001, c. 405, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 255, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.