Code of Alabama - Title 10A: Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code - Section 10A-3-7.04 - Voluntary dissolution - Revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings

Section 10A-3-7.04 - Voluntary dissolution - Revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings.

(a) A nonprofit corporation may, at any time prior to the delivery of the articles of dissolution to the Secretary of State for filing, revoke the action theretofore taken to dissolve the nonprofit corporation, in the following manner:

(1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending that the voluntary dissolution proceedings be revoked, and directing that the question of the revocation be submitted to a vote at a meeting of members entitled to vote thereon, which may be either an annual or a special meeting. Written notice stating that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the advisability of revoking the voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be given to each member entitled to vote at the meeting, within the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for the giving of notice of meetings of members. A resolution to revoke the voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be adopted upon receiving at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by members present or represented by proxy at the meeting.

(2) If there are no members, or no members entitled to vote thereon, a resolution to revoke the voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be adopted at a meeting of the board of directors upon receiving the vote of a majority of the directors in office.

(b) Upon the adoption of the resolution by the members, or by the board of directors where there are no members or no members entitled to vote thereon, a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be executed for the nonprofit corporation by its president or a vice president, and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and verified by one of the officers signing the statement, which statement shall set forth:

(1) The name of the nonprofit corporation.

(2) The names and respective addresses of its officers.

(3) The names and respective addresses of its directors.

(4) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, (i) a statement setting forth the date of the meeting of members at which the resolution to revoke the voluntary dissolution proceedings was adopted, that a quorum was present at the meeting, and that the resolution received at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by members present or represented by proxy at the meeting, or (ii) a statement that the resolution was adopted by a consent in writing signed by all members entitled to vote with respect thereto.

(5) If there are no members, or no members entitled to vote thereon, a statement of the fact, the date of the meeting of the board of directors at which the resolution to revoke the voluntary dissolution proceedings was adopted, and a statement of the fact that the resolution received the vote of a majority of the directors in office.

(6) The unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State.

(c) The statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing.

(d) Upon the filing of a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings, the nonprofit corporation may thereupon again conduct its affairs.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §51; §10-3A-143; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §192; Act 2020-73, §10.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021