15A:6-4.Ā  Classification of trustees;Ā  restriction of right to choose trustees
a.Ā  As to trustees to be elected by the members or by the board of trustees,Ā  a corporation may provide in its certificate of incorporation or its bylaws forĀ  the classification of its trustees in respect to the time for which they shallĀ  severally hold office, but a class of trustees shall not hold office for a termĀ  shorter than 1 year or longer than 6 years.Ā  The term of office of at least oneĀ  class shall expire every 2 years.Ā  A classification of trustees shall not beĀ  effective prior to the first annual or biennial meeting of members or the boardĀ  of trustees.

b.Ā  Any corporation having more than one class of members may provide in itsĀ  certificate of incorporation or its bylaws for the election of one or moreĀ  trustees by the members of any class to the exclusion of members of otherĀ  classes of members.

L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:6-4, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
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