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D.C. Code § 29-1113

Procedural requirements for member meetings

Known as the Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act

The act spans §§ 29–29 (27 sections).

July 2, 2011, D.C

(a) Unless an unincorporated nonprofit association’s governing principles provide otherwise:

(1) Approval of a matter by the members shall require an affirmative majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members; and

(2) Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter that is submitted for approval by members.

(b) The governing principles may provide for the:

(1) Calling, location, and timing of member meetings;

(2) Notice and quorum requirements for member meetings;

(3) Conduct of member meetings;

(4) Taking of action by the members by consent without a meeting or casting ballots; and

(5) Participation by members in a member meeting by telephone or other means of electronic communication.

(c) If the governing principles do not provide for a matter described in subsection (b) of this section, customary usages and principles of parliamentary law and procedure apply.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.