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      Sec. 33-1109. Officers. (a) A corporation has the offices described in its bylaws. Officers shall be appointed or elected at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the bylaws and, in the absence of applicable bylaws, shall be elected by the directors.

      (b) An officer may appoint one or more officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.

      (c) The bylaws or the board of directors shall assign to one of the officers responsibility for preparing the minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for maintaining and authenticating the records of the corporation required to be kept under subsections (a) and (e) of section 33-1235.

      (d) The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in a corporation.

      (P.A. 96-256, S. 79, 209; P.A. 01-199, S. 40.)

      History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that a corporation has the "offices", rather than "officers", described in its bylaws and provide that in the absence of bylaws officers shall be "elected", rather than "appointed", by the directors, amended Subsec. (b) to replace "A duly appointed officer" with "An officer" and delete provision re "assistant officers" and amended Subsec. (c) to replace "delegate" with "assign", add provision re "maintaining" the records and specify that the corporate records to be maintained and authenticated are those required to be kept under Sec. 33-1235(a) and (e).

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      Sec. 33-1109. Officers. (a) A corporation has the offices described in its bylaws. Officers shall be appointed or elected at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the bylaws and, in the absence of applicable bylaws, shall be elected by the directors.

      (b) An officer may appoint one or more officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.

      (c) The bylaws or the board of directors shall assign to one of the officers responsibility for preparing the minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for maintaining and authenticating the records of the corporation required to be kept under subsections (a) and (e) of section 33-1235.

      (d) The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in a corporation.

      (P.A. 96-256, S. 79, 209; P.A. 01-199, S. 40.)

      History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that a corporation has the "offices", rather than "officers", described in its bylaws and provide that in the absence of bylaws officers shall be "elected", rather than "appointed", by the directors, amended Subsec. (b) to replace "A duly appointed officer" with "An officer" and delete provision re "assistant officers" and amended Subsec. (c) to replace "delegate" with "assign", add provision re "maintaining" the records and specify that the corporate records to be maintained and authenticated are those required to be kept under Sec. 33-1235(a) and (e).

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      Sec. 33-1109. Officers. (a) A corporation has the offices described in its bylaws. Officers shall be appointed or elected at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the bylaws and, in the absence of applicable bylaws, shall be elected by the directors.

      (b) An officer may appoint one or more officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.

      (c) The bylaws or the board of directors shall assign to one of the officers responsibility for preparing the minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for maintaining and authenticating the records of the corporation required to be kept under subsections (a) and (e) of section 33-1235.

      (d) The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in a corporation.

      (P.A. 96-256, S. 79, 209; P.A. 01-199, S. 40.)

      History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that a corporation has the "offices", rather than "officers", described in its bylaws and provide that in the absence of bylaws officers shall be "elected", rather than "appointed", by the directors, amended Subsec. (b) to replace "A duly appointed officer" with "An officer" and delete provision re "assistant officers" and amended Subsec. (c) to replace "delegate" with "assign", add provision re "maintaining" the records and specify that the corporate records to be maintained and authenticated are those required to be kept under Sec. 33-1235(a) and (e).