(a)
(1)
(A) The board of directors shall elect a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and one (1) person may be elected to the office of secretary-treasurer.
(B) The board of directors may elect such other officers as it deems necessary.
(2) The powers, duties, and terms of office of the foregoing officers shall be provided for in the bylaws.
(b) The board of directors may appoint such other officers, agents, and employees as it deems necessary and fix their powers, duties, and compensation.
(c) Any officer, agent, or employee elected or appointed by the board of directors subject to any contracts validly entered into by the cooperative may be removed by it whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the cooperative will be served.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Subchapter 2 - Rural Telecommunications Cooperative Act
§ 23-17-204. Purpose of cooperative
§ 23-17-205. Powers of cooperative
§ 23-17-206. Jurisdiction of commission
§ 23-17-208. Cooperative names
§ 23-17-209. Articles of incorporation — Contents
§ 23-17-210. Articles of incorporation — Execution, filing, and recording
§ 23-17-211. Articles of incorporation — Amendment
§ 23-17-212. Certificate of incorporation
§ 23-17-213. Organizational meeting
§ 23-17-215. Qualifications of members
§ 23-17-216. Membership fees and capital credits
§ 23-17-217. Meetings of members
§ 23-17-218. Board of directors generally
§ 23-17-219. Board of directors — Elections — Term of office — Vacancies
§ 23-17-220. Board of directors — Meetings
§ 23-17-221. Officers, agents, and employees
§ 23-17-222. Executive committee
§ 23-17-223. Waiver of notice of meeting
§ 23-17-228. Nonprofit operation
§ 23-17-230. Taxation — Exemptions
§ 23-17-231. Mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of property
§ 23-17-232. Recordation of mortgages — Effect thereof
§ 23-17-233. Nonliability of members and shareholders for debts of cooperatives
§ 23-17-235. Liabilities of connecting companies or cooperatives
§ 23-17-236. Construction standards
§ 23-17-237. Limitation of actions
§ 23-17-238. Indemnification of directors, officers, employees, or agents — Insurance
§ 23-17-240. Unclaimed capital credits and stock