Vermont Statutes
Chapter 81 - Electric Cooperatives
§ 3006. Bylaws

§ 3006. Bylaws
The board of directors shall adopt bylaws of a cooperative to be adopted following an incorporation, conversion, merger, or consolidation. Thereafter the members shall adopt, amend, or repeal the bylaws pursuant to the provisions thereof but in no case by the vote of less than a majority of those members voting thereon at a meeting of the members. The bylaws shall set forth the rights and duties of members and directors and may contain other provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative not inconsistent with this chapter or with its articles of incorporation. (Amended 1959, No. 165; 1999, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 30 - Public Service

Chapter 81 - Electric Cooperatives

§ 3001. Definitions

§ 3001a. Purpose

§ 3002. Powers

§ 3002a. Obligations treated as expenses

§ 3003. Name

§ 3004. Organization, members

§ 3005. Articles of incorporation, contents

§ 3006. Bylaws

§ 3007. Members, qualifications

§ 3008. Meetings

§ 3009. Notice of meeting

§ 3010. Members necessary for quorum

§ 3011. Voting

§ 3012. Notice, waiver

§ 3013. Directors, qualifications

§ 3014. Election and term of office

§ 3016. Districts

§ 3017. Officers, duties

§ 3018. Amendment of articles

§ 3019. Location of office

§ 3020. Consolidation

§ 3021. Merger, requirements

§ 3022. Effect

§ 3023. Transfer of rights and liabilities

§ 3024. Responsibilities for liabilities transferred

§ 3025. Creditors’ rights not impaired by merger

§ 3026. Private corporation, change

§ 3027. Dissolution—Cooperative not commencing business

§ 3028. Dissolution of cooperatives

§ 3029. Papers filed

§ 3030. Revenues, use of

§ 3031. Mortgage and investment

§ 3032. Sale or lease of assets

§ 3033. Personal liability

§ 3034. Mortgages, filing

§ 3035. Safety standards

§ 3036. Acknowledgments, members authorized

§ 3037. Foreign companies, service of process

§ 3038. Fees

§ 3041. Securities act

§ 3042. Annual reports

§ 3043. Formation of cooperatives by cooperatives

§ 3044. Approval by members of cooperative

§ 3045. Conservation and load management

§ 3047. Cost allocations; subsidization prohibited