Section 54116 Of Article 5. Bylaws From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
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. (a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications,
compensation, duties, and term of office of directors and officers
and the time of their election.
(b) The number of directors set forth in the articles of
incorporation shall be either a fixed number or a variable number. If
a fixed number, it shall not be less than three, and if a variable
number, the stated minimum shall not be less than three and the
stated maximum shall not be greater than two times the stated minimum
minus one.
(c) The number of directors may also be set forth in the bylaws
either as a fixed number or as a variable number subject to the same
limitations as in subdivision (b). After shares have been issued or
members have been admitted, any adoption or amendment of such bylaw
provision shall be approved by the outstanding shares as provided in
Section 152 of the Corporations Code.
(d) In the event of an inconsistency between an article provision
referred to in subdivision (b) and a bylaw provision referred to in
subdivision (c), the provision more recently adopted or amended shall
prevail.
(e) If a variable number of directors is set forth in the articles
of incorporation or the bylaws, the exact number of directors shall
be fixed, within the limits specified, by approval of the board of
directors or the shareholders as provided in Section 153 of the
Corporations Code in the manner designated in the bylaws.