Georgia law states that a nonprofit corporation's incorporators or board of directors must adopt initial bylaws. While the state doesn't require you to file these bylaws, having them in place is essential to the health and legal standing of your charitable organization.
Corporate bylaws are a company's foundational governing document. They lay out how things should run day-to-day and the processes for making important decisions. They serve as a legal contract between the corporation and its shareholders, directors, and officers and set the protocol for how the organization operates.
The Delaware corporate code covers most of the topics normally addressed in the Bylaws. Therefore, if the Certificate of Incorporation sets forth the authorized number of directors there is no legal requirement that a corporation have bylaws.
The following are Georgia's requirements for directors of corporations: Minimum number. Corporations must have one or more directors.
By-laws Adoption. – Every corporation formed under this code, must, within one month after receipt of official notice of the issuance of its certificate of incorporation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, adopt a new code of by-laws for its government not inconsistent with this code.
In Georgia, for-profit and nonprofit corporations are required to publish notice of their intent to incorporate no later than the next business day after filing articles of incorporation. This notice should be published in the county where the registered office is located.
Corporate bylaws are legally required in Georgia. Georgia code § 14-2-206 (2021) requires the incorporators or board of directors to adopt bylaws.
Each incorporator or director must hold at least one capital stock share. In all cases, however, there must be at least two directors who are natural persons. Generally, Philippine residency is no longer required for the incorporators and/or directors.
The law primarily governing private corporations in the Philippines is the Revised Corporation Code, which took effect on 20 February 2019 under Republic Act No. 11232. This current iteration of the law substantially amended the Corporation Code under Batas Pambansa Blg. 68, which was the law in effect since 1980.