23B.10.200 - Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.

(1) A corporation's board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation's bylaws, or adopt new bylaws, unless:

     (a) The articles of incorporation, RCW 23B.10.205, or, if applicable, RCW 23B.10.210, or any other provision of this title reserve this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part; or

     (b) The shareholders, in amending or repealing a particular bylaw, provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.

     (2) A corporation's shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation's bylaws, or adopt new bylaws, even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed, or new bylaws may also be adopted, by its board of directors.

[2009 c 189 § 35; 2007 c 467 § 7; 1989 c 165 § 129.]