2016 Iowa Code
Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES
Chapter 490 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
Section 490.1020 - Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

IA Code § 490.1020 (2016) What's This?

490.1020

Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

1. A corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws.

2. A corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws unless either of the following apply:

a. The articles of incorporation or section 490.1021 reserve that power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or in part.

b. The shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors shall not amend, repeal, or reinstate that bylaw.

89 Acts, ch 288, §118; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §63, 125

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