GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-139
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 55A-7-24(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Unless the articles
of incorporation or bylaws prohibit or limit proxy voting, a member may vote in
person or by proxy. A member may appoint a proxy one or more
proxies to vote or otherwise act for him by signing an appointment form,
either personally or by his attorney-in-fact. A telegram, telex,
facsimile, or other form of wire or wireless communication appearing to have
been transmitted by a member, or a photocopy photocopy, telegram,
cablegram, facsimile transmission, or equivalent reproduction of a writing
appointing one or more proxies, shall be deemed a valid appointment form within
the meaning of this section. In addition, if and to the extent permitted by
the nonprofit corporation, a member may appoint one or more proxies (i) by an
electronic mail message or other form of electronic, wire, or wireless
communication that provides a written statement appearing to have been sent by
the member, or (ii) by any kind of electronic or telephonic transmission, even
if not accompanied by written communication, under circumstances or together
with information from which the nonprofit corporation can reasonably assume
that the appointment was made or authorized by the member."
Section 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of May, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 4:17 p.m. this 4th day of June, 1999