Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act
Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 6a
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16-6a-801. Requirement for board
of directors.
(1) A nonprofit corporation shall have a board of directors.
(2) (a) Except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, including Subsection
(2)(b), all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of,
and the business and affairs of the nonprofit corporation managed under the
direction of, the board of directors.
(b) (i) The articles of incorporation may authorize
one or more persons to exercise some or all of the powers that would otherwise
be exercised by the board of directors.
(ii) To the
extent the articles of incorporation authorize a person other than the board of
directors to have the authority and perform a duty of the board of directors,
the directors shall be relieved to that extent from such authority and duty.
(3) The board of directors may be divided into classes, each
with such respective rights and duties as the articles of incorporation or
bylaws may provide.
(4) The board of directors and the directors may be known by
any other name designated in the bylaws.
Enacted 2000, ch. 300.
Amended 2015, ch. 240, eff. May 12, 2015.