2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 247 - PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 247.370 Eligibility for membership in federation -- Powers of federation.
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247.370 Eligibility for membership in federation -- Powers of federation.
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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 federation shall have power to suspend its membership or
expel it for failure to comply with any bylaws or reasonable rule or regulation of
the federation.
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 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 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
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 authorization or approval by its board of directors, for the
advancement of agriculture and allied interests and for any purposes
deemed advisable to carry on its activities; and
(f) Do anything necessary to carry out the purpose for which it is organized.
Effective:June 17, 1978
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 ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 42d-19.
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