Bylaw Increasing Quorum or Voting Requirement for Directors

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Securities, Corporations and Associations
4. Amendment of Charter and Bylaws
5. Amendment of Bylaws
6. Bylaw Increasing Quorum or Voting Requirement for Directors

1. A bylaw that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors may be amended or repealed:
   1. By written approval of any person or persons whose approval is required by a charter provision authorized by § 48-60-301;
   2. If originally adopted by the members, only by the members; and
   3. If originally adopted by the board of directors, either by the members or by the board of directors.
2. A bylaw adopted or amended by the members that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors may provide that it may be amended or repealed only by a specified vote of either the members or the board of directors.
3. Action by the board of directors under subdivision (a)(3) to adopt or amend a bylaw that changes the quorum or voting requirement for the board of directors must meet the same quorum requirement and be adopted by the same vote required to take action under the quorum and voting requirement then in effect or proposed to be adopted, whichever is greater.

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