North Carolina § 160A-636 - Voting; action by the Board of Trustees.

§ 160A-636. Voting; action by the Board of Trustees.

Quorum. - A majority of the membership of the Board of Trustees, excluding vacant seats, shall constitute a quorum. A member who has withdrawn from a meeting without being excused by majority vote of the remaining members present shall be counted as present for purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present. No member shall be excused from voting except upon matters involving the consideration of the member's own financial interest or official conduct or on matters on which the member is prohibited from voting under any other provision of law. Action. - An affirmative vote equal to a majority of all the members of the Board of Trustees not excused from voting on the question in issue shall be required to authorize or commit the expenditure of public funds, or make, ratify, or authorize any contract on behalf of the Authority. History (1997-393, s. 1; 2016-54, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-54, s. 5, made the rewriting of this section by Session Laws 2016-54, s. 2, applicable to contracts entered into and other actions taken by Regional Transportation Authorities on or after August 1, 2016. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-54, s. 2, effective August 1, 2016, substituted "Voting; action by the Board of Trustees" for "Voting" in the section heading; in subsection (a), added the subsection designation (a), added the subsection heading "Quorum" and rewrote the subsection which formerly read "A majority of the members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as provided by G.S. 160A-635(a)(2), each member shall have one vote"; and added subsection (b). See editor's note for applicability.