15A:5-18 - Proxy voting

15A:5-18.  Proxy voting
    a.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws,  every member entitled to vote at a meeting of members or to express consent  without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for the member  by proxy.  Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the member or the  member's agent, except that a proxy may be given by a member or the agent by  telegram or cable or its equivalent.  A proxy shall not be valid for more than  11 months unless a longer time is expressly provided therein, but in no event  shall a proxy be valid after 3 years from the date of execution. Unless it is  coupled with an interest, a proxy shall be revocable at will.  A proxy shall  not be revoked by the death or incapacity of the member but the proxy shall  continue in force until revoked by the personal representative or guardian of  the member.  The presence at any meeting of any member who has given a proxy  shall not revoke the proxy unless the member shall file written notice of  revocation with the secretary of the meeting prior to the voting of the proxy.

    b.  A person named in a proxy as the attorney or agent of a member may, if the proxy so provides, substitute another person to act in that person's place,  including any other person named as an attorney or agent in the same proxy.   The substitution shall not be effective until an instrument effecting it is  filed with the secretary of the corporation.

     L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:5-18, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.