(a) General rule.--This chapter shall be applicable to a business corporation, other than a statutory close corporation or a professional corporation, that elects to become a management corporation in the manner provided by this chapter.
(b) Laws applicable to management corporations.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Part I (relating to preliminary provisions) and this subpart shall be generally applicable to all management corporations. The specific provisions of this chapter shall control over the general provisions of Part I and this subpart. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a management corporation may be simultaneously subject to this chapter and one or more other chapters of this article.
(c) Effect of a contrary provision of the bylaws.--The bylaws of a management corporation may provide either expressly or by necessary implication that any one or more of the provisions of this chapter, except this subchapter, shall not be applicable, in whole or in part, to the corporation.