{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-617.0824","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 617.0824","heading":"Quorum and voting.","body":"(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Directors younger than 18 years of age may not be counted toward a quorum.\n(2) The articles of incorporation may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of less than a majority but no fewer than one-third of the prescribed number of directors determined under the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.\n(3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.\n(4) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:\n(a) The director objects, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon such director’s arrival, to holding the meeting or transacting specified affairs at the meeting; or\n(b) The director votes against or abstains from the action taken.\nHistory.—s. 50, ch. 90-179; s. 88, ch. 97-102; s. 30, ch. 2009-205; s. 135, ch. 2026-168.","path":["CHAPTER 617 NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0617/0617.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:10:29Z","sha256":"0e85f62d2307c5654535dacfe3e53bb74727a4dd3debf040270781db92170153","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-617.0823","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-617.0825"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}