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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 57 was added as Chapter 77 November 15,...
Section 5701 - Applicability of subchapter - The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to every nonprofit...
Section 5702 - Manner of giving notice - (a) General rule.-- (1) Any notice required to be given...
Section 5702.1 - Optional procedures for giving of notice (Repealed) - 1990 Repeal. Section 5702.1 was repealed December 19, 1990, P.L.834,...
Section 5703 - Place and notice of meetings of board of directors or other body - (a) Place.--Meetings of the board of directors or other body...
Section 5704 - Place and notice of meetings of members - (a) Place.--Meetings of members may be held at a geographic...
Section 5705 - Waiver of notice - (a) General rule.--Whenever any notice is required to be given...
Section 5706 - Modification of proposal contained in notice - Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in...
Section 5707 - Exception to requirement of notice - (a) General rule.--Whenever any notice or communication is required to...
Section 5708 - Use of conference telephone or other electronic technology - (a) Incorporators, directors and members of an other body.--Except as...
Section 5709 - Conduct of members meeting - (a) Presiding officer.--There shall be a presiding officer at every...
Section 5711 - Alternative provisions - (a) General rule.--Section 5716 (relating to alternative standard) shall not...
Section 5712 - Standard of care, justifiable reliance and business judgment rule - (a) General rule.--A director of a nonprofit corporation shall stand...
Section 5713 - Personal liability of directors - (a) General rule.--If a bylaw adopted by the members of...
Section 5714 - Presumption of assent - A director of a nonprofit corporation who is present at...
Section 5715 - Exercise of powers generally - (a) General rule.--In discharging the duties of their respective positions,...
Section 5716 - Alternative standard - (a) General rule.--In discharging the duties of their respective positions,...
Section 5717 - Limitation on standing - The duty of the board of directors, committees of the...
Section 5718 - (Reserved) - (Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1791, No.122, eff. 60 days) 2022 Amendment....
Section 5719 - Renunciation of corporate opportunities - The articles of incorporation or bylaws, or an action of...
Section 5721 - Board of directors - Unless otherwise provided by statute or in a bylaw adopted...
Section 5722 - Qualifications of directors - (a) General rule.--Each director of a nonprofit corporation shall be...
Section 5723 - Number of directors - The board of directors of a nonprofit corporation shall consist...
Section 5724 - Term of office of directors - (a) General rule.--Each director of a nonprofit corporation shall hold...
Section 5725 - Selection of directors - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, directors...
Section 5726 - Removal of directors - (a) Removal by the members.-- (1) Unless otherwise provided in...
Section 5727 - Quorum of and action by directors - (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, a majority...
Section 5728 - Interested directors or officers; quorum - (a) General rule.--A contract or transaction between a nonprofit corporation...
Section 5729 - Voting rights of directors - (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided in a bylaw adopted by...
Section 5730 - Compensation of directors - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise restricted in the bylaws, the...
Section 5731 - Executive and other committees of the board - (a) Establishment and powers.--Unless otherwise restricted in the bylaws: (1)...
Section 5732 - Officers - (a) General rule.--Every nonprofit corporation shall have a president, a...
Section 5733 - Removal of officers and agents - Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, any officer or agent...
Section 5733.1 - Officer's standard of care and justifiable reliance - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws, an...
Section 5733.2 - Personal liability of officers - (a) General rule.--If a bylaw adopted by the members of...
Section 5734 - Other body - The provisions of this subchapter, of Subchapters B (relating to...
Section 5741 - Third-party actions - Unless otherwise restricted in its bylaws, a nonprofit corporation shall...
Section 5742 - Derivative and corporate actions - Unless otherwise restricted in its bylaws, a nonprofit corporation shall...
Section 5743 - Mandatory indemnification - (a) General rule.--To the extent that a present or former...
Section 5744 - Procedure for effecting indemnification - Unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under section 5741...
Section 5745 - Advancing expenses - Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action or...
Section 5746 - Supplementary coverage - (a) General rule.--The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by...
Section 5747 - Power to purchase insurance - Unless otherwise restricted in its bylaws, a nonprofit corporation shall...
Section 5748 - Application to surviving or new corporations - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), for the...
Section 5749 - Application to employee benefit plans - For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) References to "other...
Section 5750 - Duration and extent of coverage - The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted...
Section 5751 - Classes and qualifications of membership - (a) General rule.--Membership in a nonprofit corporation shall be of...
Section 5752 - Organization on a stock share basis - (a) General rule.--A nonprofit corporation may be organized upon either...
Section 5753 - Membership certificates - A nonprofit corporation organized upon a nonstock basis shall not...
Section 5754 - Members grouped in local units - (a) General rule.--The bylaws of a nonprofit corporation may provide...
Section 5755 - Time of holding meetings of members - (a) Regular meetings.--The bylaws of a nonprofit corporation may provide...
Section 5756 - Quorum - (a) General rule.--A meeting of members of a nonprofit corporation...
Section 5757 - Action by members - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title or...
Section 5758 - Voting rights of members - (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided in a bylaw adopted by...
Section 5759 - Voting and other action by proxy - (a) General rule.--Voting by members of a nonprofit corporation shall...
Section 5760 - (Reserved) - (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days) 2013 Amendment....
Section 5761 - (Reserved) - (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days) 2013 Amendment....
Section 5762 - Voting by corporations - (a) Voting in nonprofit corporation matters.--Unless otherwise provided in a...
Section 5763 - Determination of members of record - (a) Fixing record date.--Unless otherwise restricted in the bylaws, the...
Section 5764 - (Reserved) - (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days) 2013 Amendment....
Section 5764.1 - Actions by members to enforce a secondary right (Repealed) - 2001 Repeal. Section 5764.1 was repealed June 22, 2001, P.L.418,...
Section 5765 - Judges of election - (a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided in a bylaw adopted by...
Section 5766 - Consent of members in lieu of meeting - (a) Unanimous consent.--Unless otherwise restricted in the bylaws, any action...
Section 5767 - Appointment of custodian of corporation on deadlock or other cause - (a) General rule.--Upon application of any member, the court may...
Section 5768 - Reduction of membership below stated number - Whenever the membership of a nonprofit corporation having a stated...
Section 5769 - Termination and transfer of membership - (a) General rule.--Membership in a nonprofit corporation shall be terminated...
Section 5770 - Voting powers and other rights of certain securityholders and other entities - The power to vote in respect to the corporate affairs...
Section 5781 - Derivative action - (a) General rule.--Subject to section 5782 (relating to eligible member...
Section 5782 - Eligible member plaintiffs and security for costs - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in any...
Section 5783 - Special litigation committee - (a) General rule.--If a nonprofit corporation or the board of...
Section 5784 - Proceeds and expenses - (a) Proceeds.--Except as provided in subsection (b): (1) any proceeds...
Section 5791 - Corporate action subject to subchapter - (a) General rule.--This subchapter shall apply to, and the term...
Section 5792 - Proceedings prior to corporate action - (a) General rule.--Where under applicable law or the bylaws of...
Section 5793 - Review of contested corporate action - (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person aggrieved by any...