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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="2-116" title_number="2" title_name="Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “emergency” means a situation in which a quorum of the board of directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless the charter provides otherwise, the bylaws may contain provisions to be effective only during an emergency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The emergency provisions may be adopted only in advance of an emergency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The emergency provisions may make all provisions necessary for managing the corporation during an emergency, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Procedures for calling a meeting of the board of directors;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Quorum requirements for a meeting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Designation of additional or substitute directors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>All provisions of the bylaws not inconsistent with the emergency provisions remain effective during an emergency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any corporate act taken in good faith and in accordance with the emergency provisions:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Binds the corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May not be used to impose liability on a director, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The emergency provisions may state that the standard of conduct required by § 2–405.1 of this title shall apply to the conduct of a director acting pursuant to the emergency provisions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
