Opinion No. (1999)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE GEORGE HOUSE, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation give notice of its annual regular meetings by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which its principal office is located and by posting notice of the meeting at its principal office if (1) the bylaws permit such notice or (2) members have requested not to be notified personally or by mail? CONCLUSION A nonprofit mutual benefit corporation may not give notice of its annual regular meetings by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which its principal office is located and by posting notice of the meeting at its principal office even if (1) the bylaws permit such notice or (2) members have requested not to be notified personally or by mail. ANALYSIS The Legislature has enacted a comprehensive statutory scheme, the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Corp. Code, §§ 7110 - 8910 ; "Act"), 1 governing the organization, management, and conduct of nonprofit mutual…