(805 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 32, par. 2.30)
Sec. 2.30.
Emergency by-laws.
The board of directors of any corporation, subject to approval by not
less than a majority of the shares voting on the proposal, may adopt
emergency by-laws, subject to repeal or change by action of the
shareholders, which, to the extent therein provided and notwithstanding any
different provisions elsewhere in this Act or in the articles of
incorporation or by-laws, shall be operative upon (a) the declaration of a
civil defense emergency by the President of the United States or by
concurrent resolution of the Congress of the United States pursuant to
Title 50, Appendix, Section 2291 of the United States Code, or any
amendment thereof, or (b) upon a proclamation of a civil defense emergency
by the Governor of the State of Illinois which relates to an attack or
imminent attack on the United States or any of its possessions. Such
emergency by-laws shall cease to be effective and shall be suspended upon
any proclamation by the President of the United States, or the passage by
the Congress of a concurrent resolution, or any declaration by the Governor
of Illinois that such civil defense emergency no longer exists.
Emergency by-laws adopted pursuant to this Act may contain such
provisions as may be deemed practical and necessary for the interim
management of the affairs of the corporation, including, without
limitation, provisions with respect to the number of directors or
shareholders who shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the board of
directors or the shareholders, the number of votes necessary for action by
such board or by the shareholders, the procedure for holding a special
election of directors and the procedure for calling and holding meetings of
shareholders or directors. No officer, director or employee shall be liable
for any action taken by him in good faith in such an emergency to protect
or preserve assets of the corporation endangered by the existence of such
emergency even though not authorized by the by-laws then in effect.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, emergency
by-laws adopted pursuant to this Act shall not supersede the regular
by-laws of the corporation, the articles of incorporation or the provisions
of this Act, in respect to amending the articles of incorporation or the
regular by-laws of the corporation, adopting a plan of merger, consolidation
or exchange of shares with another corporation or
corporations, authorizing the
sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation other than
in the usual and regular course of business, authorizing a liquidating
dividend, or authorizing the dissolution of the corporation; and the
regular by-laws of the corporation, the articles of incorporation and the
provisions of this Act shall continue in full force and effect for such
purposes.
(Source: P.A. 85-1269.)
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