Section 10A-3A-1.23 - Action on ratification(a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-3A-1.22(a) shall be the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time the ratifying action is taken.(b) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by the members under Section 10A-3A-1.22(c), and if the approval is to be given at a meeting, the membership nonprofit corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative membership interests, regardless of whether entitled to vote of (i) the date of the action by the board of directors under Section 10A-3A-1.22(a) which shall be the record date and (ii) the date of the occurrence of the defective corporate action, provided that notice shall not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative membership interests whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the membership nonprofit corporation. The notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting, is to consider ratification of a defective corporate action and must be accompanied by (i) either a copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with Section 10A-3A-1.22(a) or the information required by Section 10A-3A-1.22(a)(1) through (a)(4), and (ii) a statement that any claim that the ratification of the defective corporate action and any putative membership interest issued as a result of the defective corporate action should not be effective, or should be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within 120 days from the applicable validation effective time.(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) with respect to the voting requirements to ratify the election of a director, the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the approval by the members, if any, and if none, by the directors shall be the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time of the member or director approval.(d) The approval by members to ratify the election of a director requires that the votes cast within the voting group favoring the ratification exceed the votes cast opposing the ratification of the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present.(e) Putative membership interests on the date of the action by the board of directors under Section 10A-3A-1.22(a) (and without giving effect to any ratification of putative membership interests that becomes effective as a result of the vote) shall neither be entitled to vote nor counted for quorum purposes in any vote to approve the ratification of any defective corporate action.(f) If the approval under this section of putative membership interests would result in an overissue, in addition to the approval required by Section 10A-3A-1.22, approval of an amendment to the certificate of incorporation under Article 9 to increase the number of membership interests of an authorized class or to authorize the creation of a class of membership interests so there would be no overissue shall also be required.(g) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by a person or group of persons specified in the certificate of incorporation, the directors shall provide that person or group of persons with (i) either a copy of the action taken by the board of directors in accordance with Section 10A-3A-1.22(a) or the information required by Section 10A-3A-1.22(a)(1) through (a)(4), and (ii) a statement that any claim that the ratification of the defective corporate action and any putative membership interest issued as a result of the defective corporate action should not be effective, or should be effective only on certain conditions, shall be brought within 120 days from the applicable validation effective time.Ala. Code § 10A-3A-1.23 (1975)
Amended by Act 2024-413,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2024.Added by Act 2023-503,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2024.