A majority of the number of directors as fixed pursuant to Section 53-11-36 NMSA 1978 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. A quorum, once attained at a meeting, shall be deemed to continue until adjournment notwithstanding the voluntary withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
History: 1953 Comp., § 51-24-39, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 81, § 39; 1975, ch. 64, § 20.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section is derived from Section 40 of the ABA Model Business Corporation Act.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 18B Am. Jur. 2d Corporations §§ 1470 to 1474.
19 C.J.S. Corporations § 438.