C.R.S. Section 7-56-403
Procedures for meetings of the board of directors


(1)

The board shall meet at least annually. The board may establish a time and place for regular board meetings and then may hold regular board meetings at such times without notice.

(2)

Special meetings of the board shall require at least two days’ notice of the date, time, and place. Unless otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws, purposes of a special meeting do not have to be stated in the notice of any special meeting.

(3)

A director’s attendance at a special meeting constitutes waiver of the notice requirement for that meeting unless the director objects to the lack of or method of notice and does not thereafter participate in the meeting or if notice of the purpose of the meeting was required but not given and the director objects to the transaction of business for that purpose and does not thereafter participate in the meeting with respect to that purpose.

(4)

A director is considered to have assented to an action of the board unless:

(a)

The director votes against it or abstains and causes the abstention to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting;

(b)

The director objects at the beginning of the meeting and does not vote for it later;

(c)

The director causes the director’s dissent to be recorded in the minutes;

(d)

The director does not attend the meeting at which the vote is taken; or

(e)

The director gives notice of the director’s objection in writing to the secretary within twenty-four hours after the meeting.

(5)

Unless otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws:

(a)

The board may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating are able to communicate simultaneously with each other during the meeting;

(b)

Actions of the board may be taken without a meeting if the action is agreed to by all members of the board and is evidenced by one or more written consents together signed by all directors and filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken;

(c)

Purposes of a special meeting do not have to be stated in the notice of any special meeting, but at least two days’ notice of the date, time, and place shall be given.

Source: Section 7-56-403 — Procedures for meetings of the board of directors, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-07.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

7‑56‑101
Short title
7‑56‑102
Legislative declaration
7‑56‑103
Definitions
7‑56‑104
Filings by the secretary of state
7‑56‑106
Periodic and other reports
7‑56‑107
Cooperative records
7‑56‑201
Articles of incorporation
7‑56‑202
Amendment of articles
7‑56‑203
Restated articles
7‑56‑204
Cooperatives desiring to relinquish provisions of this article
7‑56‑205
Entities formed under other law but subject to this article
7‑56‑208
Bylaws
7‑56‑209
Agricultural marketing cooperatives
7‑56‑210
Renewable energy cooperatives
7‑56‑301
Members
7‑56‑302
Member meetings - how called - notice
7‑56‑303
Members’ list for meeting
7‑56‑304
Quorum
7‑56‑305
Member voting
7‑56‑306
Reserves, distributions, and patronage refunds
7‑56‑307
Inspection of cooperative records by member
7‑56‑308
Scope of member’s inspection right
7‑56‑309
Court-ordered inspection
7‑56‑401
Directors - elections - remuneration - vacancy
7‑56‑402
Officers - titles - election - duties and authority - removal
7‑56‑403
Procedures for meetings of the board of directors
7‑56‑404
Removal of director by the membership or the board
7‑56‑405
Removal of director by judicial proceeding
7‑56‑406
Indemnification and personal liability of directors, officers, employees, and agents
7‑56‑407
Persons to be bonded
7‑56‑409
Registered agent - service of process
7‑56‑501
Powers
7‑56‑502
Marketing or purchasing contracts
7‑56‑503
Remedies for breach of marketing or purchasing contract
7‑56‑504
Inducing breach of marketing or purchasing contract
7‑56‑505
Purchases of property or other interests
7‑56‑506
Warehouse receipts - interest in warehouse entities
7‑56‑507
Application of other laws
7‑56‑508
Cooperatives not in restraint of trade
7‑56‑509
Exemption from securities laws
7‑56‑510
Renewable energy cooperatives - powers
7‑56‑601
Encumbering property
7‑56‑602
Merger, conversion, or consolidation or share or equity capital exchange
7‑56‑603
Procedure for consolidation, share or equity capital exchange, conversion, and merger
7‑56‑604
Merger of parent and subsidiary
7‑56‑604.5
Statement of merger or conversion
7‑56‑605
Statement of consolidation or share or equity capital exchange
7‑56‑606
Effect of merger, conversion, consolidation, or share or equity capital exchange
7‑56‑606.5
Merger with foreign entity
7‑56‑607
Consolidation or share or equity capital exchange with foreign business
7‑56‑608
Dissenters’ rights - definitions
7‑56‑609
Sale or other disposition of property without member approval
7‑56‑610
Sale or other disposition of property requiring member approval
7‑56‑701
Authorization of dissolution before issuance of memberships
7‑56‑702
Authorization of dissolution after issuance of memberships
7‑56‑703
Articles of dissolution
7‑56‑705
Effect of dissolution
7‑56‑714
Grounds for judicial dissolution
7‑56‑715
Procedure for judicial dissolution
7‑56‑716
Receivership or custodianship
7‑56‑717
Decree of dissolution
7‑56‑718
Certain assignments of assets in dissolution
7‑56‑801
Authority to transact business or conduct activities required
7‑56‑802
Registered agent - service of process
7‑56‑901
Application to existing cooperatives
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 7-56-403’s source at colorado​.gov