2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 247 PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 247.370 Eligibility for membership in federation -- Powers of federation.
247.370 Eligibility for membership in federation -- Powers of federation.
(1) Every county farm bureau organized pursuant to KRS 247.250 shall be eligible to
membership in any said state federation, but after its admission to membership, said <br>federation shall have power to suspend its membership or expel it for failure to <br>comply with any bylaws or reasonable rule or regulation of the federation.
(2) Any said state federation shall have authority to:
(a) Adopt, amend and repeal bylaws and amendments thereto by two-thirds (2/3)
vote of the voting delegates voting at an annual convention;
(b) Assess annual membership dues against each county farm bureau, and base
the amount thereof on the number of paid-in memberships in each county <br>farm bureau;
(c) Acquire, own and hold property, pursuant to action of its board of directors, or
by its executive committee upon authorization or approval of its board of <br>directors;
(d) Borrow money and mortgage or pledge its property or assets by action of its
board of directors, or, by its executive committee, upon authorization or <br>approval of its board of directors;
(e) Accept gifts, devises and bequests, appropriate and expend its funds, pursuant
to action of its board of directors, or its executive committee, upon <br>authorization or approval by its board of directors, for the advancement of <br>agriculture and allied interests and for any purposes deemed advisable to carry <br>on its activities; and
(f) Do anything necessary to carry out the purpose for which it is organized.
Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 7, effective June 19, 1952. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 42d-19.
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