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Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Further amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that a corporation shall honor a request by a shareholder to be physically present at a meeting of the shareholders, where space permits, and shall not exclude a shareholder from being physically present at a meeting of shareholders in an effort to censor, silence, or otherwise curtail the shareholder from expressing dissent or otherwise exercising his or her freedom of expression. Provides that any officer, agent, or corporation that does not honor the request of a shareholder to be physically present at a meeting or in any way excludes any shareholder from being physically present at a meeting shall be liable to such shareholder, in a penalty of up to 10% of the value of the shares owned by such shareholder, in addition to any other damages or remedy afforded him or her by law.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that a shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders shall be permitted to attend the meeting where space permits, and subject to the corporation's by-laws and rules governing the conduct of the meeting and the power of the chairman to regulate the orderly conduct of the meeting.
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