2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 47 - CORPORATIONS
Chapter 21 - Rural Electric Cooperatives
§ 47-21-56 Quorum for members' meetings--Quorum for district meeting--Adjournment for failure of quorum.

47-21-56. Quorum for members' meetings--Quorum for district meeting--Adjournment for failure of quorum. Unless the bylaws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage or number of the members for a quorum, a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members of a cooperative having not more than one thousand members, shall be five percent of all members, present in person, and of a cooperative having more than one thousand members, shall be fifty members, present in person. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. The sufficiency or requirement of a quorum for the transaction of business at a district meeting of members shall be established in the bylaws. However, the quorum may not be less than five members.

Source: SL 1947, ch 33, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.2210 (4); SL 2000, ch 220, § 2.

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