2018 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
CHAPTER 31 - SOUTH CAROLINA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT
Section 33-31-704. Action by written consent.
(a) Unless limited or prohibited by the articles or bylaws, action required or permitted by this chapter to be approved by the members may be approved without a meeting of members if the action is approved by members holding at least eighty percent of the voting power. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by those members representing at least eighty percent of the voting power, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.
(b) If not otherwise determined under Section 33-31-703 or 33-31-707, the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent under subsection (a).
(c) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document filed with the Secretary of State.
(d) Written notice of member approval pursuant to this section must be given to all members who have not signed the written consent. If written notice is required, member approval pursuant to this section is effective ten days after the written notice is given.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 384, Section 1.
