2021 Georgia Code
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations
Article 7 - Meetings
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-3-701. (See Editor's notes.) Annual Meeting

1. A corporation with members shall hold a meeting of members annually at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.
2. A corporation with members may hold regular meetings of members at the times stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.
3. 1. Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection, annual and regular meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, annual and regular meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office or other suitable place.
   2. Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may determine that an annual and regular meeting of the members may be held wholly or partially by means of remote communication which shall mean an opportunity for members to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings as authorized and provided for in Code Section 14-3-709.
4. At the annual meeting:
   1. The president and chief financial officer shall report on the activities and financial condition of the corporation; and
   2. The members shall consider and act upon such other matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of Code Sections 14-3-705 and 14-3-706.
5. At regular meetings the members shall consider and act upon such matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of Code Sections 14-3-705 and 14-3-706.
6. The failure to hold an annual or regular meeting at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

(Code 1981, §14-3-701, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2021, p. 115, § 4/HB 306.)

The 2021 amendment, effective April 29, 2021, in subsection (c), designated the existing provisions as paragraph (c)(1), substituted "Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection, annual" for "Annual" at the beginning of paragraph (c)(1), and added paragraph (c)(2).