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90_HB0139

      805 ILCS 105/108.40       from Ch. 32, par. 108.40
          Amends the General Not  For  Profit  Corporation  Act  of
      1986.   Provides  that  committees  relating to the election,
      nomination, qualification, or  credentials  of  directors  or
      other   committees   involved  in  the  process  of  electing
      directors  may  be  composed   entirely   of   non-directors.
      Provides   that   these   types   of   committees   may  make
      recommendations to members relating  to  electing  directors.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the General Not For Profit Corporation
 2    Act of 1986 by changing Section 108.40.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of
 6    1986 is amended by changing Section 108.40 as follows:
 7        (805 ILCS 105/108.40) (from Ch. 32, par. 108.40)
 8        Sec.  108.40.   Committees.   (a)   If  the  articles  of
 9    incorporation  or  bylaws  so  provide,  a  majority  of  the
10    directors  may  create  one  or  more  committees and appoint
11    directors or such other persons as the board  designates,  to
12    serve  on  the committee or committees.  Each committee shall
13    have two or more directors,  a  majority  of  its  membership
14    shall  be directors, and all committee members shall serve at
15    the pleasure of the board. However,  committees  relating  to
16    the  election,  nomination,  qualification, or credentials of
17    directors or other committees  involved  in  the  process  of
18    electing directors may be composed entirely of non-directors.
19        (b)  Unless  the  appointment  by  the board of directors
20    requires a greater number, a majority of any committee  shall
21    constitute  a  quorum,  and  a  majority of committee members
22    present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is  present
23    is  necessary  for  committee action.  A committee may act by
24    unanimous consent in writing without a meeting  and,  subject
25    to  the  provisions  of  the bylaws or action by the board of
26    directors, the committee by  majority  vote  of  its  members
27    shall determine the time and place of meetings and the notice
28    required therefor.
29        (c)  To the extent specified by the board of directors or
30    in  the  articles  of incorporation or bylaws, each committee
31    may exercise the authority of the board  of  directors  under
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 1    Section  108.05  of  this Act; provided, however, a committee
 2    may not:
 3        (1)  Adopt a plan for the distribution of the  assets  of
 4    the corporation, or for dissolution;
 5        (2)  Approve  or  recommend  to  members any act this Act
 6    requires to be approved by members,  except  that  committees
 7    relating  to  the  election,  nomination,  qualification,  or
 8    credentials  of directors or other committees involved in the
 9    process of electing directors may make recommendations to the
10    members relating to electing directors;
11        (3)  Fill vacancies  on  the  board  or  on  any  of  its
12    committees;
13        (4)  Elect,  appoint or remove any officer or director or
14    member of any committee,  or  fix  the  compensation  of  any
15    member of a committee;
16        (5)  Adopt,  amend,  or repeal the bylaws or the articles
17    of incorporation;
18        (6)  Adopt  a  plan  of  merger  or  adopt  a   plan   of
19    consolidation  with  another  corporation,  or  authorize the
20    sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all
21    of the property or assets of the corporation; or
22        (7)  Amend, alter, repeal  or  take  action  inconsistent
23    with  any resolution or action of the board of directors when
24    the resolution or action of the board of  directors  provides
25    by  its  terms  that  it  shall  not  be  amended, altered or
26    repealed by action of a committee.
27        (d)  The  board  of  directors  may  create  and  appoint
28    persons to a commission, advisory body  or  other  such  body
29    which  may  or  may not have directors as members, which body
30    may not act on behalf of the corporation or bind  it  to  any
31    action but may make recommendations to the board of directors
32    or to the officers.
33    (Source: P.A. 84-1423.)
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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