GroundRules
← Search the law
Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 271B.8-240: Quorum and voting.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code

    (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater number, a quorum of

    a board of directors shall consist of:

    (a) A majority of the fixed number of directors if the corporation has a fixed

    board size; or

    (b) A majority of the number of direct ors prescribed, or if no number is

    prescribed the number in office immediately before the meeting begins, if the

    corporation has a variable-range size board.

    (2) The articles of incorporation or bylaws may authorize a quorum of a board of

    directors to cons ist of no fewer than one -third (1/3) of the fixed or prescribed

    number of directors determined under subsection (1) of this section.

    (3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of

    directors present shall be the act o f the board of directors, unless the articles of

    incorporation or bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

    (4) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of

    the board of directors when corporate action is taken shall be deemed to have

    assented to the action taken unless:

    (a) He objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his arrival) to

    holding it or transacting business at the meeting;

    (b) His dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the

    meeting; or

    (c) He delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer

    of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after

    adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent o r abstention shall not be

    available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

    Collected 2026-09-05T20:53:19Z. Source file · JSON

    Browse this collection