South Carolina § 33-37-240 - Calling first meeting; organization; quorum.

§ 33-37-240. Calling first meeting; organization; quorum.

The first meeting of the corporation must be called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorporators, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, a copy of the notice must be mailed or delivered to each incorporator at least five days before the day appointed for the meeting. The first meeting may be held without such notice upon agreement in writing to that effect signed by all the incorporators. There must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting a copy of the notice or the unanimous agreement of the incorporators.

At the first meeting the incorporators shall organize by choosing by ballot a temporary clerk, by the adoption of bylaws, by the election by ballot of directors, and by action upon those other matters within the powers of the corporation as the incorporators may see fit. The temporary clerk must be sworn and shall make and attest a record of the proceedings. Ten of the incorporators shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 12-1124; 1958 (50) 1886; 2015 Act No. 60 (S.389), SECTION 1, eff June 4, 2015.

Effect of Amendment

2015 Act No. 60, SECTION 1, in the first paragraph, substituted "must be called" for "shall be called", inserted a comma following "place", substituted "copy of which notice shall be" for "copy of the notice must be", substituted "There must be recorded" for "There shall be recorded", and substituted "or the unanimous agreement" for "or of such unanimous agreement"; in the second paragraph, substituted "At the first meeting" for "At such first meeting", substituted "organize by choosing by ballot" for "organize by the choice by ballot of", inserted a comma following "directors", substituted "upon those other matters" for "upon such other matters", and substituted "clerk must be sworn" for "clerk shall be sworn".