17:12B-114 Meeting place.
114. a. Subject to subsection b. of this section, members' meetings shall be held at the State association's principal office or at such other place within a radius of 5 miles thereof as the board shall designate.
b. Any meeting of members may be held solely or in part by means of remote communication to the extent the board authorizes and adopts guidelines and procedures governing such a meeting.
(1) One or more members may participate in a meeting of members by means of remote communication to the extent the board authorizes that participation, including the authorization of a meeting of members held solely by means of remote participation. Members' meetings conducted in part or solely by means of remote communication and any member's remote participation in those meetings shall be subject to those guidelines and procedures as the board adopts, and shall be in conformity with this subsection.
(2) A member participating in a meeting of members by means of remote communication in reliance upon paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be deemed present in person and shall be entitled to vote at the meeting. In any meeting conducted in part or solely by means of remote communication in reliance upon paragraph (1) of this subsection, the association shall implement reasonable measures to:
(a) verify that each person participating remotely is a member or a proxy of a member;
(b) provide each member participating remotely with a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting, including an opportunity to vote on matters submitted to the members, and to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with those proceedings; and
(c) record and maintain a record of any votes or other actions taken by remote communication at the meeting.
L.1963, c.144, s.114; amended 2021, c.202, s.4.