Pennsylvania § 5751 - Classes and qualifications of membership.
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§ 5751. Classes and qualifications of membership.
(a) General rule.--Membership in a nonprofit corporation shall be of the classes, and shall be governed by the rules of admission, retention, suspension and expulsion, prescribed in bylaws adopted by the members, except that the rules shall be reasonable, germane to the purpose or purposes of the corporation and equally enforced as to all members of the same class. Unless otherwise provided by a bylaw adopted by the members:
(1) There shall be one class of members whose voting and other rights and interests shall be equal.
(2) If there is only one class of members, the members shall have all the rights of members generally in a nonprofit corporation.
(b) Corporations without voting members.--Where the articles provide that the corporation shall have no members, as such, or where a nonprofit corporation has under its bylaws or in fact no members entitled to vote on a matter, any provision of this subpart or any other provision of law requiring notice to, the presence of, or the vote, consent or other action by members of the corporation in connection with the matter shall be satisfied by notice to, the presence of, or the vote, consent or other action by the board of directors or other body of the corporation.
(c) Membership status.--Regardless of whether a nonprofit corporation designates or refers to a person as a member of the corporation, the person is not a member of the corporation for purposes of this subpart unless the person satisfies the definition of "member" in section 5103(a) (relating to definitions).
(July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)
Cross References. Section 5751 is referred to in section 5504 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5751 ("Classes and qualifications of membership.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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