2017 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 77 - Workers' Cooperative Corporations
Section 7716 - Directors and officers
(a) Directors.--
(1) The business of the corporation shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, who shall be natural persons. At least a majority of the board must be members. The first directors shall serve until the first annual meeting of the corporation, at which time their successors shall be elected by the members of the corporation. Thereafter, a director shall hold office for a term of not less than one year nor more than three years and until a successor is elected and qualified. In an election for directors, a member has the right to cast the number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected; and the member may cast the whole number of votes for one director or may distribute them among several candidates. An election for a director shall be by secret ballot. A director may be elected to successive terms.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws:
(i) A director shall be elected for a term of at least one year, except that the first directors shall serve only until the first annual meeting.
(ii) Vacancies in the board of directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the board, though less than a quorum. A person so elected shall be a director until a successor is elected by the members, who shall make such an election at the next annual meeting of the members or at a special meeting for that purpose.
(iii) The meetings of the board of directors may be held at a place determined by a majority of the directors.
(iv) A quorum for the transaction of business consists of a majority of the directors in office; and, of those present, at least a majority must be members of the corporation. The acts of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present are the acts of the board of directors.
(v) The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, appoint two or more directors as an executive committee, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and exercise the authority of the board of directors.
(vi) An action taken at a meeting of the directors or members of the executive committee may be taken without a meeting, if consent in writing setting forth the action taken is signed by all of the directors or all of the members of the executive committee, as the case may be. The consent shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation.
(vii) Each director shall be provided with an updated copy of the articles of the corporation along with proposed amendments.
(3) If the bylaws so provide, the directors of a corporation may be classified in respect to the time for which they shall hold office. In this case each class shall be as nearly equal in number as possible; the term of office of at least one class shall expire in each year; and the members of a class shall not be elected for a shorter period than one year or for a longer period than three years. If, at a meeting, directors of more than one class are to be elected, each class of directors shall be elected in a separate election.
(4) A director may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members present and voting at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose. A director may be removed from office for cause by a vote of not less than a majority of the directors then in office, but this removal may be reversed by a vote by a majority of the members present and voting at a special meeting called for that purpose. The bylaws shall provide for the filing of charges of cause, the giving of notice of the charges, an opportunity to be heard and the procedures under which a director may be removed.
(b) Officers.--
(1) The board shall elect a president, a secretary and a treasurer, and may elect one or more vice presidents, and other officers as authorized in the bylaws. Officers must be members. Any two of the offices of vice president, secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.
(2) An officer may be removed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors if, in their judgment, the best interest of the corporation will be served by removal.
