2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
CHAPTER 47 - MARKETING COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS
SECTION 33-47-810. Bylaws.

Each association incorporated under this chapter must, within thirty days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management a code of bylaws, not inconsistent with the powers granted by this chapter. A majority vote of a quorum of the members or stockholders attending a meeting, prior to which notice of the proposed bylaw or bylaws shall have been given, is sufficient to adopt or amend the bylaws. Each association under its bylaws may also provide for any or all of the following matters:

(1) The time, place and manner of calling and conducting its meetings;

(2) The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum;

(3) The rights of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or both and the conditions, manner, form and effects of such votes;

(4) The number of directors constituting a quorum;

(5) The qualifications, compensation, duties and terms of office of directors and officers, the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;

(6) Penalties for violation of the bylaws;

(7) The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any, the manner and method of collection of the same and the purposes for which they may be used;

(8) The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association;

(9) The charge, if any, to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to him, the time of payment and the manner of collection;

(10) The marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder may be required to sign;

(11) The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock;

(12) The method, time and manner of permitting members to withdraw or the holders of common stock to transfer their stock;

(13) The manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members and of the shares of common stock and the conditions upon which and time when membership of any member shall cease;

(14) The automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible for membership in the association and the mode, manner and effect of the expulsion of a member; and

(15) The manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of his membership or, at the option of the association, by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-951; 1952 Code Section 12-951; 1942 Code Section 6508; 1932 Code Section 6508; Civ. C. '22 Section 3412; 1921 (32) 339; 1935 (39) 163.