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Art. 1396-2.12. QUORUM OF MEMBERS.  A. Unless otherwise 
provided in the articles of incorporation or in the by-laws, 
members holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast, 
represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.  The 
vote of the majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members 
present, or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is 
present, shall be the act of the members meeting, unless the vote of 
a greater number is required by law, the articles of incorporation, 
or the by-laws.
	B. In the absence of an express provision to the contrary in 
the articles of incorporation or the by-laws, a church incorporated 
prior to the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to have 
provided in its articles of incorporation or its by-laws that 
members present at a meeting, notice for which shall have been duly 
given, shall constitute a quorum.

Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 286, ch. 162, art. 2.12.                             

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