New York Authorization Of Amendment Or Change, Class Vote.
Code Resources
New York Resources
New York Website
New York Governor
New York Legislature
New York Courts
Search this Code
in Google Scholar
on the Web
Google Web Search
MSN Web Search
Yahoo! Web Search
in the News
Google News Search
Google News Archive Search
Yahoo! News Search
in the Blogs
BlawgSearch.com Search
Google Blog Search
Technorati Blog Search
in other Databases
Google Book Search
§ 802. Authorization of amendment or change, class vote.
(a) Amendment or change of the certificate of incorporation shall be
authorized:
(1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, by majority vote of
such members at a meeting as provided in paragraph (c) of section 613
(Vote of members).
(2) If there are no members entitled to vote thereon, by vote of a
majority of the entire board.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision in the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws, members of a class shall be entitled to vote and to vote as
a class upon the authorization of an amendment and, in addition to the
authorization of the amendment required by paragraph (a) (1), the
amendment shall be authorized by majority vote of the members of the
class, when the proposed amendment would exclude or limit their right to
vote on any matter except as such right may be limited by voting rights
given to members of an existing class or of a new class.
(c) Any one or more of the following changes may be authorized by or
pursuant to authorization of the board:
(1) To specify or change the location of the office of the
corporation.
(2) To specify or change the post office address to which the
secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against the
corporation served upon him.
(3) To make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent,
or to specify or change the address of its registered agent.
(d) This section shall not alter the vote required under any other
section for the authorization of an amendment referred to therein, nor
alter the authority of the board to authorize amendments under any other
section.