Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     35-18-312. Trustees -- term -- quorum -- powers. (1) The trustees of a cooperative named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger, or conversion, as the case may be, shall hold office until the next following annual meeting of the members or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. At each annual meeting or, in case of failure to hold the annual meeting as specified in the bylaws, at a special meeting called for that purpose, the members shall elect trustees who may serve for 1-, 2-, or 3-year terms. Each trustee shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
     (2) A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum.
     (3) The board of trustees may exercise all of the powers of a cooperative, except such as are conferred upon the members by this chapter or its articles of incorporation or bylaws.

     History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 172, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 208, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 14-509(b), (c), (e).

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