(1) Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:
The voting members, if any, may fill the vacancy;
The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or
If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board ofdirectors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of voting members:
If one or more of the remaining directors were elected by the same voting group ofvoting members, only such directors are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by directors, and they may do so by the affirmative vote of a majority of such directors remaining in office; and
Only that voting group is entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the votingmembers.
Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of directors, and if any persons in that voting group remain as directors, only such directors are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy.
Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, if a vacant office was held by an appointeddirector, only the person who appointed the director may fill the vacancy.
If a vacant office was held by a designated director, the vacancy shall be filled asprovided in the bylaws. In the absence of an applicable bylaw provision, the vacancy may not be filled by the board.
A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, by reason of a resignation effectiveat a later date under section 7-128-107 (2) or otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.
Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 691, § 3, effective July 1, 1998.