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Tex. Agric. Code § 52.085

VOTING

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1110, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a member of a marketing association is entitled to one vote.

(b) A marketing association may provide in its articles of incorporation or bylaws for a member association or group to have more than one vote if the association providing for the vote:

(1) is organized primarily for the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves or for processing and marketing citrus products and:

(A) has its principal office in a county that has at least 500 acres of land planted in citrus groves; and

(B) includes as members one or more associations or groups organized on a cooperative basis; or

(2) is organized primarily for the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, storing, handling, shipping, marketing, selling, or use of grain or grain-related products.

(c) A marketing association that provides for a member association or group to have more than one vote under Subsection (b) shall comply with Section 52.012(a)(2).

(d) In accordance with a bylaw adopted under Section 52.052 of this code, a marketing association may provide for its members to vote by proxy or by mail.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.