CREC Bylaws

Bylaw: Article I: Membership

Section 1. Requirements for Membership.

Any person, firm, association, corporation, legal entity, or body politic or subdivision thereof may become a Member of Central Rural Electric Cooperative, (hereinafter referred to as the “Cooperative”) upon receipt of Cooperative services from the Cooperative, provided that he/she, or it, has first:

(d) paid the membership fee specified by the Board of Trustees; and

(e) executed and delivered to the Cooperative grants of easement or right-of-way on or over such lands owned by the Members, and in accordance with such reasonable terms and conditions, as the Cooperative shall require for the furnishing of electric service to him or other Members, or for the construction operation and maintenance, or the relocation of the Cooperative’s electric facilities.~~;and~~
~~(f) the Cooperative accepts the Membership upon compliance of all terms.~~

The Cooperative accepts the Membership upon the delivery of service....

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Bylaw: Article IV: Trustees

Section 2. Tenure of Office

Each Trustee shall be elected at a district Member meeting held in the district he/she will represent, by and from the Members of the district, to serve until the conclusion of the annual meeting in his or her third year in office or until his or her successor shall have been selected and shall have qualified....

Section 3. Qualifications

No person shall be eligible to become or remain a Trustee of the Cooperative who:

(g) is an existing, or a close relative of an existing, non-trustee Cooperative Officer, employee, agent, or representative.; or

(h) has not completed National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director certification within three years of his or her first meeting as a Trustee, or

(i) has been absent from three consecutive regular board meetings without board consent....

Section 8. Election
All Trustees shall be elected in the following manner:

(a) ...In the event a vacancy exists at the time of the District Meeting and a quorum is not present at the District Meeting, the Board of Trustees shall appoint the Trustee for the three-year term. ...

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Bylaw: Article V: Meeting of Trustees

Section 5, Meeting. The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies and procedures for meeting attendance.To be considered present at a meeting the Trustee shall be able to participate in the discussion and have his or her vote recorded.

CREC Bylaws

Table of Contents
Article I - Membership
Article II - Rights and Liabilities of Members
Article III - Meetings of Members
Article IV - Trustees
Article V - Meetings of Trustees
Article VI - Officers
Article VII - Non-Profit Operation
Article VIII - Disposition of Property
Article IX - Seal
Article X - Financial Transactions
Article XI
Article XII - Amendments
Statement of Nondiscrimination

ARTICLE V
MEETINGS OF TRUSTEES
Section 1. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be held without notice other than this bylaw, immediately after, and at the same place as the annual meeting of the Members. A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees shall also be held monthly at such time and place in Payne County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Noble County, or Oklahoma County, in the State of Oklahoma, as the Board of Trustees may provide by resolution. Such regular monthly meetings may be held without notice other than such resolution fixing the time and place thereof.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be called by the president or by any three Trustees, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the secretary to cause notice of such meeting to be given as hereinafter provided. The president or the Trustees calling the meeting shall fix the time and place (which shall be in Payne County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Noble County, or Oklahoma County, Oklahoma), for the holding of the meeting.
Section 3. Notice of Trustees’ Meetings. Written notice of the time, place, and purpose of any special meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be delivered not less than three days previous thereto, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the secretary, or upon a default in duty by the secretary, by the president or the Trustees calling the meeting, to each Trustee. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the Trustee at his/her address as it appears on the records of the Cooperative, with postage thereon prepaid.
Section 4. Quorum. A majority of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum, provided, that if less than such majority of the Trustees is present at said meeting, a majority of the Trustees present may adjourn the meeting from time to time; and provided further, that the secretary shall notify any absent Trustees of the time and place of such adjourned meeting. The act of the majority of the Trustees present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Trustees.
Section 5. Meeting. The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies and procedures for meeting attendance. To be considered present at a meeting the Trustee shall be able to participate in the the discussion and have his or her vote recorded.

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