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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85384</law_id><section_number>13.1-893</section_number><catch_line>Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-892</reference><reference>6.2-1323</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A bylaw that increases a quorum or voting requirement for the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may be amended or repealed: <a id="paragraph-305864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-893/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If originally adopted by the <span class="dictionary">members</span>, only by the <span class="dictionary">members</span>, unless the bylaws otherwise provide; or <a id="paragraph-305865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-893/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If adopted by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>, either by the <span class="dictionary">members</span> or by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>. <a id="paragraph-305866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-893/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A bylaw adopted or amended by the <span class="dictionary">members</span> that increases a quorum or voting requirement for the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may provide that it shall be amended or repealed only by a specified vote of either the <span class="dictionary">members</span> or the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>. <a id="paragraph-305867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-893/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Action by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> under subsection A to <span class="dictionary">amend</span> or repeal a bylaw that changes the quorum or voting requirement applicable to meetings of the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> shall be effective only if it meets the quorum requirement and is adopted by the vote required to take action under the quorum and voting requirement then in effect. <a id="paragraph-305868" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-893/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
