The phrase "adopt bylaws" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of organizations or groups formalizing their rules and regulations.
Example: "The board of directors met to adopt bylaws that would govern the operations of the new nonprofit organization."
Alternatives: "establish bylaws" or "ratify bylaws".
Beyond antidotal evidence, however, explanations for why communities choose to adopt bylaws that permit these residential developments are not well understood.
The fund's board of governors convened the following year in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., to adopt bylaws and to elect the IMF's first executive directors.
A company could adopt bylaws mirroring the SEC's proposed universal proxy rules, which require all parties to use a universal proxy card in contested director elections.
Most state corporation statutes also operate under the assumption that each corporation will adopt bylaws to define the rights and obligations of officers, persons and groups within its structure.
Subject to approval by shareholders under subsection (c)(2), each bank and association shall adopt bylaws, developed by its board of directors, that provide for the capitalization of the institution in accordance with subsection (c)(1).
Some firms might choose to go further, as Dell and Intel have done this year, and adopt bylaws requiring majority voting.Shareholders may have been radicalised by the success last year of a lobbying effort by managers against a proposal from regulators to make it easier for shareholders to put up candidates in board elections.
Unless a federal credit union has adopted bylaws before November 30, 2007, it must adopt these revised bylaws.
A number of boards have since adopted bylaws that purport to prohibit nominee compensation.
I suggested that Delaware law could be repositioned without requiring the Delaware Supreme Court to confess error by allowing shareholder adopted bylaws that repeal or amend poison pills.
A bias against director re-election where boards adopted bylaws (or, in certain circumstances, charter amendments) that ISS views as limiting stockholder rights: ISS has modified its policy related to bylaw amendments adopted without shareholder approval.
Notably, the policy changes suggest a negative bias towards director elections where boards have unilaterally adopted bylaws (or, in certain circumstances, charter amendments) that ISS views as limiting stockholder rights.
