{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-11-317","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 79-11-317","heading":"Amendments to bylaws affecting class of members to be voted on by such class.","body":"(1) The members of a class are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment to the bylaws if the amendment would:\n(a) Affect the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption or transfer of memberships in a manner different than such amendment would affect another class;\n(b) Change the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of that class as to voting, dissolution, redemption or transfer by changing the rights, privileges, preferences, restrictions or conditions of another class;\n(c) Increase or decrease the number of memberships authorized for that class;\n(d) Increase the number of memberships authorized for another class;\n(e) Effect an exchange, reclassification or termination of all or part of the memberships of that class; or\n(f) Authorize a new class of memberships.\n(2) If a class is to be divided into two (2) or more classes as a result of an amendment to the bylaws, the amendment must be approved by the members of each class that would be created by the amendment.\n(3) If a class vote is required to approve an amendment to the bylaws, the amendment must be approved by the members of the class of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the class or a majority of the voting power of the class, whichever is less.\n(4) A class of members is entitled to the voting rights granted by this section although the articles and bylaws provide that the class may not vote on the proposed amendment.","path":["Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships","Chapter 11. Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies","Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.79.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:23Z","sha256":"fe8336e6a25458e01b1285f2375981bb3426da74ca20b3cceb909228e22ebcf1","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-11-315","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-11-319","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}