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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT
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617.0824 Quorum and voting.
(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Directors younger than 18 years of age may not be counted toward a quorum.
(2) The articles of incorporation may authorize a quorum of a board of directors to consist of less than a majority but no fewer than one-third of the prescribed number of directors determined under the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
(3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.
(4) A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:
(a) The director objects, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival, to holding the meeting or transacting specified affairs at the meeting; or
(b) The director votes against or abstains from the action taken.
History.s. 50, ch. 90-179; s. 88, ch. 97-102; s. 30, ch. 2009-205.

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Heron at Destin West Beach & Bay Resort Condo. Ass'n v. Osprey at Destin West Beach, 94 So. 3d 623 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10604, 2012 WL 2546063

...t the election of officers is a “board matter.” The Weighted Voting Scheme Does Not Conflict with Florida Law In raising their respective arguments, the parties dispute whether section 718.112(2)(b)(l), Florida Statutes of the Condominium Act or section 617.0824(3), Florida Statutes of the Non-Profit Corpo *630 rations Act should control the outcome.of the underlying appeal....
...Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the declaration, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, and except as provided in subparagraph (d)3., decisions shall be made by owners of a majority of the voting interests represented at a meeting at which a quorum is present. (Emphasis added). Section 617.0824, Florida Statutes (2009) states: (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws....
...s. (3) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors. If section 617.0824 governing non-profit organizations controls, the statute requires that a majority....

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