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CHAPTER 247 PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
247.350 Organization and function of state federation.
Download pdffollowing organization and function in the following manner:
(1) The said federation shall hold an annual meeting at a date to be fixed by its bylaws, which annual meeting may be referred to as the "annual convention" of said
federation; (2) Each county farm bureau shall be entitled to no less than two (2) voting delegates at the annual convention of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation. When a county
farm bureau has received, during the fiscal year ending prior to said state
convention, one hundred fifty (150) paid-in regular memberships, as defined in the
bylaws of the federation, each additional one hundred (100) paid-in regular
memberships or major portion thereof shall entitle the county farm bureau to an
additional voting delegate. No voting delegate shall vote by proxy, unless the proxy
is in writing in a form approved by the board of directors of the state federation; (3) The governing body of said state federation shall consist of a board of directors of not less than seven (7) members. The distribution of said directors shall be by state
federation districts, and set forth in the bylaws of the corporation. Each director
shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, shall be a resident of the district from
which he is elected, must be actively engaged in farming, or evidencing a primary
interest therein by reason of his position or occupation, and shall be nominated by
the voting delegates of said district and elected by a majority vote of the voting
delegates voting either in person or by proxy at said election; (4) Said state federation, by bylaws, shall have authority to provide for additional directors representing cooperating agricultural agencies; (5) The officers of said federation shall consist of a president, a first vice president, and a second vice president, who shall be elected by majority vote cast by the voting
delegates at the annual convention, and there shall be an executive officer of the
corporation, who shall be elected by the board of directors, and who shall be an ex
officio member of the board, without power to vote; and (6) The board of directors shall select from its membership an executive committee composed of three (3) persons, and said committee shall have general charge of the
management of the business of the federation in the interim between meetings of
the board of directors and shall possess such powers, duties and responsibilities as
may be provided in the bylaws of the federation or by resolution of the board of
directors. Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986 -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts
ch. 157, sec. 6, effective June 19, 1952. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 42d-18.
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