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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 734

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 734  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to amend the General Not For Profit Corporation
 5    Act of 1986 by changing Sections 107.03, 107.15, 107.75,  and
 6    108.21."; and

 7    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 8    following:

 9        "Section 5.  The General Not For Profit  Corporation  Act
10    of  1986  is  amended  by  changing  Sections 107.03, 107.15,
11    107.75, and 108.21 as follows:

12        (805 ILCS 105/107.03) (from Ch. 32, par. 107.03)
13        Sec. 107.03.  Members.
14        (a)  A corporation  may  have  one  or  more  classes  of
15    members or may have no members.
16        (b)  If  the  corporation  has  one  or  more  classes of
17    members, the designation of the  class  or  classes  and  the
18    qualifications  and rights of the members of each class shall
19    be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the  bylaws.
20    The  articles  of incorporation or the bylaws may provide for
21    representatives or delegates of  members  and  may  establish
 
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 1    their qualifications and rights.
 2        (c)  If  the corporation is to have no members, that fact
 3    shall be set forth in the articles of  incorporation  or  the
 4    bylaws.
 5        (d)  A   corporation  may  issue  certificate  evidencing
 6    membership therein.
 7        (e)  The transfer of a certificate  of  membership  in  a
 8    not-for-profit  corporation  in  which  assets are held for a
 9    charitable,   religious,    eleemosynary,    benevolent    or
10    educational   purpose,   shall  be  without  payment  of  any
11    consideration of money or property of any kind  or  value  to
12    the  transferor in respect to such transfer.  Any transfer in
13    violation of this Section shall be void.
14        (f)  Where  the  articles  of  incorporation  or   bylaws
15    provide  that a corporation shall have no members, or where a
16    corporation has under its articles of  incorporation,  bylaws
17    or  in  fact  no  members  entitled  to vote on a matter, any
18    provision of this Act requiring notice to, the  presence  of,
19    or  the  vote,  consent  or  other  action  by members of the
20    corporation in connection with such matter shall be satisfied
21    by notice to, the presence of, or the vote, consent or  other
22    action of the directors of the corporation.
23        (g)  A residential cooperative not-for-profit corporation
24    containing  50  or  more single family units and located in a
25    county with a population between 780,000 and 3,000,000  shall
26    specifically  set  forth the qualifications and rights of its
27    members in the Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-854.)

29        (805 ILCS 105/107.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 107.15)
30        Sec.  107.15.   Notice  of  members'  meetings.   Written
31    notice stating the place, day, and hour of the  meeting  and,
32    in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
33    which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than
 
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 1    5 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, or in
 2    the  case  of  a  removal of one or more directors, a merger,
 3    consolidation, dissolution or  sale,  lease  or  exchange  of
 4    assets not less than 20 nor more than 60 days before the date
 5    of  the  meeting, by or at the direction of the president, or
 6    the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting,
 7    to each member of record entitled to vote at such meeting.  A
 8    residential cooperative not-for-profit corporation containing
 9    50 or more single family units and located in a county with a
10    population  between  780,000 and 3,000,000 shall, in addition
11    to the other requirements of this  Section,  post  notice  of
12    member's  meetings  in  conspicuous places in the residential
13    cooperative at least 48 hours prior to  the  meeting  of  the
14    members.
15    (Source: P.A. 84-1423.)

16        (805 ILCS 105/107.75) (from Ch. 32, par. 107.75)
17        Sec. 107.75.  Books and records.
18        (a)  Each  corporation  shall  keep  correct and complete
19    books and records of account and shall also keep  minutes  of
20    the  proceedings  of  its  members,  board  of  directors and
21    committees having any  of  the  authority  of  the  board  of
22    directors;  and  shall  keep  at  its  registered  office  or
23    principal  office  a record giving the names and addresses of
24    its members entitled to vote.  All books  and  records  of  a
25    corporation  may be inspected by any member entitled to vote,
26    or that member's agent or attorney, for any proper purpose at
27    any reasonable time.
28        (b)  A residential cooperative not-for-profit corporation
29    containing 50 or more single family units and  located  in  a
30    county  with a population between 780,000 and 3,000,000 shall
31    keep an accurate and complete account  of  all  transfers  of
32    membership  and  shall,  on  a  quarterly  basis,  record all
33    transfers of membership with the county clerk of  the  county
 
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 1    in    which   the   residential   cooperative   is   located.
 2    Additionally, a list of all transfers of membership shall  be
 3    available for inspection by any member of the corporation.
 4    (Source: P.A. 84-1423.)

 5        (805 ILCS 105/108.21) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.21)
 6        Sec.  108.21.   Meetings  of  the board of directors of a
 7    residential cooperative not-for-profit corporation containing
 8    24 or more units and located in a city containing  more  than
 9    1,000,000  inhabitants or containing 50 or more single family
10    units and located in  a  county  with  a  population  between
11    780,000  and  3,000,000  inhabitants  shall  be  open  to any
12    member, except for the portion of any  meeting  held  (i)  to
13    discuss litigation when an action against or on behalf of the
14    corporation  has  been  filed  and  is  pending in a court or
15    administrative tribunal, or when the board of directors finds
16    that such an action is probable or imminent, (ii) to consider
17    information regarding appointment, employment or dismissal of
18    an employee, or (iii) to  discuss  violations  of  rules  and
19    regulations  of the corporation by a residential shareholder.
20    Any member may record  by  tape,  film  or  other  means  the
21    proceedings  at such meetings or portions thereof required to
22    be open by this Section. The board may  prescribe  reasonable
23    rules  and  regulations  to  govern  the  right  to make such
24    recordings. Notice  of  such  meetings  shall  be  mailed  or
25    delivered  at  least 48 hours prior thereto, unless a written
26    waiver of such notice is signed  by  the  person  or  persons
27    entitled   to   such  notice  pursuant  to  the  articles  of
28    incorporation, bylaws, other instrument before the meeting is
29    convened. Copies of notices  of  meetings  of  the  board  of
30    directors  shall  be  posted  in  entranceways, elevators, or
31    other conspicuous places in the  residential  cooperative  at
32    least  48  hours  prior  to  the  meeting  of  the  board  of
33    directors.  If  there  is no common entranceway for 7 or more
 
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 1    apartments, the board of directors may designate one or  more
 2    locations in the proximity of such units where the notices of
 3    meetings  shall  be  posted.  For  purposes  of this Section,
 4    "meeting of the board of directors" means any gathering of  a
 5    quorum  of  the  members  of  the  board  of directors of the
 6    residential cooperative held for the  purpose  of  discussing
 7    business  of  the cooperative. The provisions of this Section
 8    shall apply to any residential cooperative containing  24  or
 9    more  units  and  located  in  a  city  containing  more than
10    1,000,000 inhabitants or containing 50 or more single  family
11    units  and  located  in  a  county  with a population between
12    780,000 and 3,000,000 inhabitants situated in  the  State  of
13    Illinois   regardless   of  where  such  cooperative  may  be
14    incorporated.
15    (Source: P.A. 84-1423.)

16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.".

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