(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the bylaws may provide for:
(1) The division into districts of the territory in which the cooperative has members; and
(2) The election of directors according to these districts by the members residing in them.
(b) If there is a provision for election by districts, the bylaws shall specify:
(1) The number of directors to be elected from each district; and
(2) The manner and method of apportioning or reapportioning the directors and of districting or redistricting the territory.
(c) If there is a provision for election by districts, the bylaws shall require that:
(1) Primary elections be held in each district;
(2) The number of candidates in each district be greater than the number of directors to be elected in the district; and
(3) The result of the primary elections in each district be ratified at the next regular meeting of the cooperative by majority vote of the members voting in person or by mail.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations
Subtitle 5 - Agricultural Cooperatives
Section 5-502 - Purposes of Incorporation
Section 5-503 - Who May Incorporate; Capital Stock
Section 5-504 - Powers in General
Section 5-505 - Articles of Incorporation -- Execution; Contents
Section 5-506 - Articles of Incorporation -- Amendment
Section 5-507 - Corporation May Be Converted Into Cooperative
Section 5-509 - Payment by Subscriber Before Certificate of Stock or Membership Issued
Section 5-510 - Use of Term "Cooperative" in Corporate Name
Section 5-512 - Management of Cooperative; Number and Qualifications of Directors
Section 5-513 - Original Directors; Election and Term of Successors
Section 5-514 - Election of Directors by Districts
Section 5-515 - Vacancies on Board of Directors
Section 5-516 - Compensation and Contracts of Officers and Directors
Section 5-517 - Required and Permitted Officers
Section 5-518 - Removal of Director and Officer
Section 5-522 - Contracts With Members
Section 5-523 - Membership in Another Cooperative
Section 5-524 - Transactions With Other Cooperatives
Section 5-525 - Patronage Distributions
Section 5-526 - Operating on Nonprofit Basis
Section 5-527 - Consolidation, Merger, Share Exchange, Transfer of Assets, or Dissolution
Section 5-528 - Payment When Another Business Is Purchased
Section 5-529 - Audit of Financial Statement of Cooperative Handling Raw Agricultural Products
Section 5-530 - Cooperative and Marketing Agreements Not in Restraint of Trade
Section 5-531 - Application of Maryland General Corporation Law