§ 33.806

(a) A corporation's shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation's bylaws.(b) A corporation's board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation's bylaws unless: (1) The certificate of incorporation, section 33-808 or, if applicable, section 33-809 reserves that power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part; or (2) except as provided in subsection (d) of section 33-640, the shareholders in amending, repealing or adopting a bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors may not amend, repeal or reinstate that bylaw.(P.A. 94-186, S. 129, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 96, 254; P.A. 03-18, S. 16; P.A. 09-55, S. 16; P.A. 12-32, S. 9.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to replace 'articles' of incorporation with 'certificate' of incorporation, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 03-18 added new Subsec. (a) re shareholder amendment or repeal of bylaws, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by deleting reference to Secs. 33-600 to 33-998, adding references to Sec. 33-808, adopting a bylaw and reinstating a bylaw and making technical changes, and deleted former Subsec.

) and amended same by deleting reference to Secs. 33-600 to 33-998, adding references to Sec. 33-808, adopting a bylaw and reinstating a bylaw and making technical changes, and deleted former Subsec. (b) re shareholder amendment or repeal of bylaws, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (b) to add in Subdiv. (1) 'or, if applicable, section 33-809', to replace in Subdiv. (2) 'a particular bylaw' with 'a bylaw' and to make technical changes; P.A. 12-32 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to add exception to Sec. 33-640(d).Board of directors can amend corporation's bylaws, but only if bylaws or certificate of incorporation does not reserve such power to the shareholders. 72 CA 426.