§ 53-8-36 — Procedure to amend articles of incorporation

New Mexico § 53-8-36

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 53: Corporations
• Art. 8: Nonprofit Corporations

Text

A. Amendments to the articles of incorporation shall be made in the following manner: (1) if there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that it be submitted to a vote at a meeting of members entitled to vote thereon, which may be either an annual or a special meeting. Written notice setting forth the proposed amendment, or a summary of the changes to be effected thereby, shall be given to each member entitled to vote at the meeting within the time and in the manner provided in the Nonprofit Corporation Act for the giving of notice of meetings of members. The proposed amendment shall be adopted upon receiving at least two-thirds of the votes which members present at the meeting or represented by proxy are entitled to cast; or (2) if there are no members, or no members entitled to vote thereon, an amendment shall be adopted at a meeting of the board of directors upon receiving the vote of a majority of the directors in office. B. Any number of amendments may be submitted and voted upon at any one meeting.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 51-14-78, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 217, § 36.