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Fla. Stat. § 617.0840

Required officers

Chapter 617, Not For Profit Corporations · leg.state.fl.us

Statute text

, (1) A corporation shall have the officers described in its articles of incorporation or its bylaws who shall be elected or appointed at such time and for such terms as is provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all officers shall be elected or appointed by the board of directors annually. (2) A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors. (3) The bylaws or the board of directors shall delegate to one of the officers responsibility for preparing minutes of the directors’ and members’ meetings and for authenticating records of the corporation. (4) The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in a corporation. History., s. 58, ch. 90-179.

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