2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 12 — Corporations and associations
RS 12:431.1 — Beauregard electric cooperative; board of directors, filling of vacancies
§431.1. Beauregard Electric Cooperative; board of directors, filling of vacancies
A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any vacancy in the board of directors of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative shall be filled only as provided in this Section.
B. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board of directors of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, a temporary director may be appointed to the vacant office by the remaining directors for a term which expires at the next annual meeting. Any person so appointed shall possess all the requirements for holding office as a director, including residency in the district if relevant.
C. The vacancy shall be permanently filled by election at the next annual meeting; the nomination of candidates and election all to be done in the same manner as provided by law for election of directors. The director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve out the remainder of the term of the director whom he replaced.
D. If a vacancy cannot be filled at the next annual meeting because there is not sufficient time between the occurrence of the vacancy and the meeting for the nominations and notices required by law, the board of directors shall hold a special meeting or special election, as it may determine, as soon after the annual meeting as practicable in order to elect a director to fill the vacancy. Such meeting or election shall be held in the manner provided by law and the bylaws of the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, except for any provisions which are contrary to this Section.
E. Any person appointed as a temporary director shall be eligible to be a candidate for election to the directorship to which he was appointed.
F. All provisions of law relating generally to electric cooperatives and to the nomination and election of their boards of directors shall remain effective as to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, except that any such provisions which are contrary to this Section are expressly superseded insofar as they apply to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative.
Acts 1987, No. 45, §1, eff. June 5, 1987.
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