Authority to establish criteria or procedures for membership

(a) The articles or bylaws may establish criteria or procedures for admission of members. (b) No person shall be admitted as a member without his or her consent. (Code 1981, § 14-3-601, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 68.) COMMENT This section is taken from the Model Act. Section 14-3-302(16) permits nonprofit corporations to admit members and to establish conditions for membership. Any person (as broadly defined in section 14-3-140(23) to include both individuals and 634 14-3-603 entities) may be a member. Under subsection (b), however, a person cannot become a member without that person’s express or implied consent. Consent may be implied, for example, by acceptance of membership benefits knowing that the benefits are offered only to members.