24.03.065 - Members -- Member committees. - Washington Statutes

Members — Member committees.

(1) A corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the corporation has one or more classes of members, the designation of the class or classes, the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class must be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Unless otherwise specified in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, an individual, domestic or foreign profit or nonprofit corporation, a general or limited partnership, an association or other entity may be a member of a corporation. If the corporation has no members, that fact must be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. A corporation may issue certificates evidencing membership therein.

     (2) A corporation may have one or more member committees. The creation, makeup, authority, and operating procedures of any member committee or committees must be addressed in the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws.

[2004 c 98 § 1; 1986 c 240 § 12; 1967 c 235 § 14.]