Residential Services Business Services Payments & Bills Outages Resources Contact Pay My Bill Report Outage 800-897-7362 Bylaws The Board Districts and Directors of Boone REMC As a member-owned cooperative, Boone REMC operates under a set of agreed-upon bylaws that determine how we reach our goals of providing affordable, reliable power to the people we serve. To ensure transparency, our bylaws are posted below in full. Read on to learn more, or contact us if you have any questions. As a member-owned electric cooperative, Boone REMC is governed by a board of directors representing the membership districts that make up our service territory. Learn more about these districts and our board below, or by contacting us. Mission Statement Boone REMC will meet our members’ ever-changing needs for energy-related services, delivered in a safe, dependable, and reasonably priced manner. Bylaws ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Conditions of Membership. The corporate purpose of this Cooperative shall be to render service to its members only, and no person shall become or remain a member of the Cooperative unless such person shall purchase electric energy supplied by the Cooperative and shall have complied with the terms and conditions in respect to membership contained in these bylaws. Any person, firm, association, corporation or body politic may become a member in the Cooperative by: A. Filing a written application for membership therein; B. Agreeing to purchase from the Cooperative electric energy as hereinafter specified; C. Agreeing to comply with and be bound by the Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Cooperative and such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the board of directors. Section 2. Application for Membership A. Any person who desires to purchase electric energy from the Cooperative shall file an application for membership agreeing that: 1. Electric energy will be purchased from the Cooperative at a service connection, the location of which shall be designated in the application for membership, and 2. The applicant will comply with and be bound by the Articles of Incorporation of the Cooperative, the bylaws of the Cooperative, and any amendments thereto and such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the board of directors, and 3. The applicant will make payment of such other fees designated in the rules and regulations which are incidental to providing electric energy at the service connection. B. Payment for electricity shall include for each member a subscription to Indiana Connections, or its successor publication, published by Indiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc., and/or a publication of the Cooperative. Section 3. Purchase of Electric Energy. The board of directors shall not permit the sale of electric energy from any service connection unless the purchaser of said energy files with the board of directors a written application for membership and has complied with terms and conditions of the bylaws of the Cooperative and amendments thereto and such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the board of directors. Each member shall, as soon as electric energy shall be available, purchase from the Cooperative all electric energy purchased for use on the premises specified in his application for membership, and shall pay therefore at rates which shall from time to time be fixed by the board. Production or use of electric energy on such premises, regardless of the source thereof, by means of facilities which shall be interconnected with Cooperative facilities, shall be subject to appropriate regulations as shall be fixed from time to time by the Cooperative. Section 4. Term of Membership. Membership in the Cooperative and all rights, privileges and liabilities thereto shall continue as long as the member: A. Purchases electric energy from the service connection designated in said person’s application for membership, and B. Complies with the terms and conditions in respect to membership contained in the bylaws of the Cooperative and any amendments thereto and such rules and regulations which may be adopted from time to time by the board of directors. Section 5. Membership Certificates. Membership in the Cooperative shall be evidenced by a membership certificate which shall be in such form and shall contain such provisions as shall be determined by the board of directors. In case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate, a new certificate may be issued therefore upon such uniform terms and indemnity to the Cooperative as the board of directors may prescribe. Section 6. Conversion of Membership. A. A membership may be converted to a joint membership of the member and his or her spouse upon the written request of the member and the agreement by the spouse to comply with the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Cooperative, and any amendments thereto, and such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission or adopted by the board of directors. The outstanding membership certificate shall be surrendered and shall be reissued by the Cooperative in such manner as shall indicate the changed membership status. B. Upon the death of either spouse who is a party to the joint membership, such membership shall be held solely by the survivor. The outstanding membership certificate shall be surrendered, and shall be reissued in such manner as shall indicate the changed membership status; provided, however, that the estate of the deceased shall not be released from any debts due to the Cooperative. Section 7. Termination of Membership. A person’s membership in the Cooperative shall be terminated under any one or more of the following conditions: A. A member ceases to purchase electric energy from the Cooperative. B. A member withdraws from membership upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors may prescribe. C. A member is expelled by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all the board of directors for refusal or failure to comply with any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Cooperative and any amendments thereto and such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the board of directors, but only if such member shall have been given written notice by the secretary of the Cooperative that such refusal or failure makes him liable to expulsion and such refusal or failure shall have continued for at least ten (10) days after such notice was given. Any expelled member may be reinstated by vote of the board of directors or by vote of the members at any annual or special meeting. D. Upon the death or cessation of existence of the member. Termination of membership in any manner shall not release a member or his estate from any debts due the Cooperative. ARTICLE II - RIGHTS OF MEMBERS ARTICLE III - MEETING OF MEMBERS ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS ARTICLE V - MEETING OF DIRECTORS ARTICLE VI - OFFICERS ARTICLE VII - SEAL OF COOPERATIVE ARTICLE VIII - FISCAL YEAR ARTICLE IX - FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARTICLE X - DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ARTICLE XI - DISPOSITION OF REVENUES AND RECEIPTS ARTICLE XIII - AMENDMENTS ARTICLE XIV - RULES OF ORDER Revised November 26, 2013 Revised December 18, 2013 Revised February 26, 2014 Revised October 28, 2015 Revised October 19, 2016 Revised January 22, 2020 Revised August 26, 2020 SERVICES Residential Services Business Services PAYMENTS & BILLS Online Payments Payments & Billing F.A.Q's How To Read Your Bill OUTAGES Outage Map Report An Outage Outage F.A.Q's RESOURCES About Us Energy Saving Community Service Area Governance Get Involved Developed by Duneland Media