Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by five percent (5%) of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director, and fill the vacancy. The officer or director against whom the charges have been brought shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses; and the person or persons bringing the charges against the officer or director shall have the same opportunity.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 43 - Agriculture and Horticulture
Chapter 16 - Cooperative Marketing Associations
§ 43-16-102. Purpose of Chapter
§ 43-16-104. Nonprofit Cooperative Association — Persons Entitled to Form
§ 43-16-105. Activities in Which Authorized to Engage
§ 43-16-106. Preliminary Inquiry as to Probable Success
§ 43-16-107. Recognition That Farmers Need Special Instruction Data in Marketing Their Products
§ 43-16-108. Powers of Incorporated Association
§ 43-16-110. Articles of Incorporation — Preparing and Filing — Contents
§ 43-16-111. Capital Stock — Articles Specifying Division Into Preferred and Common Stock
§ 43-16-112. Articles to Be Signed, Acknowledged, and Filed — Prima Facie Evidence of Incorporation
§ 43-16-114. Code of Bylaws — Provisions
§ 43-16-115. Regular and Special Meetings — Notice — Provisions as to Notice
§ 43-16-117. Remuneration of Officers, Directors, and Committeemen
§ 43-16-119. Executive Committee and Its Functions
§ 43-16-120. Vacancies in Board of Directors — Filling
§ 43-16-121. Officers Elected by Directors — Treasurer
§ 43-16-122. Bonds — of Whom Required
§ 43-16-123. Certificate of Membership
§ 43-16-124. Stock — Issuance Upon Payment — Voting Right Unaffected Where Held as Security
§ 43-16-125. Liability of Members for Debts
§ 43-16-126. Member or Stockholder Entitled to Only One Vote
§ 43-16-127. Preferred Stock — Redemption or Retirement
§ 43-16-129. Purchase of Its Common Stock by Association
§ 43-16-130. Removal of Officers or Directors
§ 43-16-131. Procedure for Removal of Directors Elected in a District
§ 43-16-132. Referendum of Policy Matters Upon Demand to Entire Membership
§ 43-16-133. Marketing Contracts With Association
§ 43-16-135. Purchase of Property With Preferred Stock
§ 43-16-137. Conflicting Laws Do Not Apply
§ 43-16-138. Exemptions of Agricultural Products Apply, Though in Possession of Association
§ 43-16-139. Association May Be Interested in Other Like Associations
§ 43-16-144. General Corporation Laws Applicable — Exception
§ 43-16-145. Annual Fee in Lieu of Other Taxes — Exception
§ 43-16-147. Combinations of Existing Corporations Into Associations — Amendment of Charters