1. The bylaws of a corporation may fixor provide the manner of fixinga date as the record date for determining the members entitled tonotice of a members’ meeting. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fixa future date as such a record date. If a record date is not fixed, members at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which notice isgiven, or ifnotice is waived, at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which the meeting isheld, are entitled to notice of the meeting. 2. The bylaws of a corporation may fixor provide the manner of fixinga date as the record date for determining the members entitled tovote at amembers’ meeting. Ifthe bylaws do not fixor provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix a future date as such a record date. Ifa record date is not fixed, members on the date of the meeting who are otherwise eligible to vote are entitled to vote at the meeting. 3. The bylaws may fix or provide the manner for determining a date as the record date for the purpose of determining the members entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action. Ifthe bylaws do not fix or provide for fixingsuch a record date, the board may fix in advance such a record date. Ifa record date isnot fixed, members at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later,are entitled to exercise such rights. 4. A record date fixed under this section shall not be more than seventy days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members occurs. 5. A determination of members entitled to notice ofor tovote at a membership meeting is effective for any adjournmentof the meetingunlessthe board fixes anew date fordetermining the right to notice or the right to vote, which it must do ifthe meeting isadjourned to a date more than seventy days after the record date for determining members entitled to notice of the original meeting. 6. If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting, itmay provide that the original record date for notice or voting continues in effect or itmay fix a new record date for notice or voting.
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