TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 16. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS

Part 3. Members and Directors

Qualifications Of Directors -- Quorum -- Vacancies

35-16-314. Qualifications of directors -- quorum -- vacancies. (1) A person is not eligible to be a director of any corporation or district organized under the provisions of this chapter unless the person is a member of the corporation or district and a resident agricultural freeholder in the state of Montana.

(2) A quorum of the board of directors is necessary for the transaction of business. However, if the bylaws or board of directors provide for an executive committee, a quorum of that committee may carry on business.

(3) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a director, unless the bylaws provide otherwise, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the board of directors.

History: En. Sec. 5, Art. 2, Ch. 152, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6410, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6410, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 14-314; amd. Sec. 1330, Ch. 56, L. 2009.