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GA Code § 46-3-260 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-260. Qualifications of Members; Provision by Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws for Transfer, Classification, and Termination of Memberships

 All persons who may lawfully receive service from an electric membership corporation and who are receiving or have agreed to receive such service shall be members therein, subject to complying with such additional conditions and requirements for membership as are set forth in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the electric membership corporation. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may also provide criteria for, procedures for, and limitations upon the transfer, classification, and termination of memberships in an electric membership corporation.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 10; Code 1933, § 34C-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Cooperative Associations, §§ 14, 21. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Energy and Power Sources, §§ 43, 45.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Electricity, § 10.   ALR.   - Duty of mutual association, nonprofit organization or co-operative to furnish utilities services, 56 A.L.R.2d 413.
GA Code § 46-3-261 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-261. Liability of Members

 A member shall not, solely by virtue of his status as a member, be liable for the debts of an electric membership corporation; and the property of the member shall not, solely by virtue of his status as a member, be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, or other collection procedure for such debts.   (Code 1933, § 34C-502, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 13, 30, 33, 56-60, 468. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Energy and Power Sources, § 45.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 414.
GA Code § 46-3-264 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-264. Closing of Record Books and Fixing of Record Date

  For the purpose of determining members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of members or any adjournment thereof, or in order to make a determination of members for any other proper purpose, the board of directors of an electric membership corporation may provide that the membership books shall be closed for a stated period not to exceed 90 days.   In lieu of closing the membership books, the bylaws or (in the absence of any applicable bylaws) the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of members, such date in any case to be not more than 90 days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of members is to be taken.   If the membership books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of members, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed to all of the members shall be the record date for such determination of membership or, if such notice is not mailed to all of the members on the same date, the date ten days prior to the meeting shall be the record date for such determination of membership.   When the determination of members entitled to vote at any meeting of the members has been made as provided in this Code section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the board of directors fixes a new record date under this Code section for the adjourned meeting.    (Code 1933, § 34C-511, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 1024-1026, 1030-1033.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 375-377.
GA Code § 46-3-265 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-265. Quorum of Members; Adjournment of Meeting by Majority of Members Represented at Meeting

  Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or in bylaws adopted by the members, 10 percent of the members entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of members.   If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members represented at the meeting shall be the act of the membership unless the vote of a greater number is required by this article, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws.   When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, the members present may continue to do business at the meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough members to leave less than a quorum.   A majority of the members represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time.    (Code 1933, § 34C-509, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 993-998, 1012-1014, 1372, 1373.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 370.
GA Code § 46-3-267 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-267. Effect of Voting Requirements Provided for in Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

  Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the members of an electric membership corporation, the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote or concurrence of a greater number of the members than required by this article with respect to such action, the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall control.   Any such provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws may not itself be amended by a vote less than the vote prescribed in such provision.   The authorization or taking of any action by vote or concurrence of the members may be rescinded or revoked by the same vote or concurrence as at the time of rescission or revocation would be required to authorize or take such action in the first instance, subject to the contract rights of other persons.    (Code 1933, § 34C-508, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 1004, 1006, 1379.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 383.
GA Code § 46-3-269 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-269. Dissenters' Rights

 No member of an electric membership corporation shall, by dissenting from any merger or consolidation to which the electric membership corporation of which he is a member is a party or otherwise, any sale of all or substantially all the assets of such electric membership corporation, or any amendment of such electric membership corporation's articles of incorporation, have the right to receive any consideration for his membership interest except as provided in the plan of merger or consolidation, the terms of sale, or the amendment of the articles of incorporation.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1803, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-270 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 5 - Members|§ 46-3-270. Credentials and Elections Committee

  The bylaws of an electric membership corporation may provide for the appointment of a credentials and elections committee composed of members who are not officers or directors of the electric membership corporation or candidates for such positions. This committee shall be responsible for the counting of all ballots or votes cast and for ruling on the effect of any ballots or votes irregularly marked or cast and on all other questions that may arise relating to member voting and the election of directors, including, but not limited to, the validity of petitions of nomination or qualification of candidates and the regularity of the nomination and election of directors. The procedures for the appointment and qualification of the members of such committee shall be as provided in the bylaws authorizing and establishing such committee. Any committee member related within the third degree by affinity or consanguinity, computed according to the civil law, to any candidate for director shall refrain from participating in any deliberation or vote of the committee concerning such candidate.   On request of the person presiding at the meeting of the members or on the request of any member entitled to vote thereat, such committee shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question, count, or matter determined by the committee and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. Any such report or certificate made by them shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by them.    (Code 1933, § 34C-506, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-290 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-290. Management of Business and Affairs of Electric Membership Corporation by Board of Directors; Knowledge of Limitations on Directors' Authority Required; Qualifications; Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses

  Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, the business and affairs of an electric membership corporation shall be managed by a board of directors.   No limitation upon the authority which the directors would have in the absence of such limitation, whether contained in the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or otherwise, shall be effective against persons, other than members and directors, who are without actual knowledge of such limitation.   Directors shall be natural persons of the age of 18 years or over. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications for directors.   The compensation, if any, of directors for their services as such shall be on a per diem basis and, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, shall be fixed by the board of directors. Directors also shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 11; Ga. L. 1950, p. 233, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 783, § 1; Code 1933, § 34C-601, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 1341-1346, 1349-1364, 1381, 1395-1407, 1409-1412, 1414-1420, 1422-1425, 1427-1430, 1432-1440, 1443, 1444, 1475.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 460-467. 29 C.J.S., Electricity, § 10.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Mandamus unavailable for nominee seeking to serve on electric membership corporation.    - Trial court erred by granting a nominee's writ of mandamus because under O.C.G.A. § 9-6-23, mandamus did not lie to enforce purely private contract rights and the nominee's efforts to be qualified as a person to sit on the board of an electric membership corporation was a private right as board members were not public officers within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 9-6-20. Rigby v. Boatright, 294 Ga. 253, 751 S.E.2d 851 (2013).
GA Code § 46-3-291 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-291. Number of Directors; Statement of Names and Addresses of Initial Directors in Articles of Incorporation; Duration of Director's Service in Office

  The number of directors of an electric membership corporation shall not be less than three. Subject to such limitation, the number of directors shall be fixed by the bylaws or a procedure set forth in the bylaws, except that the number constituting the initial board of directors shall be fixed by the articles of incorporation.   The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to the bylaws or by other procedure set forth in the bylaws; but, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. In the absence of a bylaw fixing the number of directors or establishing the number of directors by a procedure set forth in the bylaws, the number shall be the same as that stated in the articles of incorporation.   The names and addresses of the members of the initial board of directors shall be stated in the articles of incorporation. Each such person shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.   At the first annual meeting of members and at each annual meeting thereafter, the members shall elect directors to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting, except in case of the classification of directors by staggered term as permitted by Code Section 46-3-293. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 11; Ga. L. 1950, p. 233, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 783, § 1; Code 1933, § 34C-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-292 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-292. Provisional Director

  If the directors of an electric membership corporation are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs and if injury to the electric membership corporation is being suffered or is threatened by reason thereof, the superior court of the county where the registered office of the electric membership corporation is located may appoint a provisional director pursuant to this Code section, notwithstanding any provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the electric membership corporation to the contrary and whether or not an action is pending for an involuntary dissolution of the electric membership corporation.   Action for such appointment may be filed by one-half of the directors or by not less than 25 members, except that, if the electric membership corporation has less than 50 members, action for such appointment may be filed by not less than 25 percent of the members. Notice of such action shall be served upon the directors, other than those who have filed the action, and upon the electric membership corporation in the manner provided by law for service of a summons and complaint; and a hearing shall be held not less than ten days after such service is effected. At such hearing all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard.   The provisional director shall be an impartial person who is neither a member nor a creditor of the electric membership corporation nor related by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, as computed according to the civil law, to any of the other directors of the electric membership corporation or to any judge of the court by which he is appointed. The provisional director shall have all the rights and powers of a director and shall be entitled to notice of the meetings of the board of directors and to vote at such meetings until he is removed by order of the court or by vote of a majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of members. The provisional director shall be entitled to receive such compensation as may be agreed upon between him and the electric membership corporation; and in the absence of such agreement he shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be fixed by the court.    (Code 1933, § 34C-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-293 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-293. Classification of Directors; Division of Service Territory Into Districts

  The articles of incorporation or a bylaw adopted by the members may provide that the directors be divided into either two or three classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, the term of office of directors of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of members after their election, that of the second class to expire at the second annual meeting after their election, and that of the third class, if any, to expire at the third annual meeting after their election.   At each annual meeting after such classification, the number of directors equal to the number of the class whose term expires at the time of such meeting shall be elected to hold office until the second succeeding annual meeting, if there are two classes, or until the third succeeding annual meeting, if there are three classes. No classification of directors shall be effective prior to the first annual meeting of members.   If directors are classified and the number of directors is thereafter changed, any increase or decrease in the number of directors shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as possible. When the number of directors is increased and any newly created directorships are filled by the board, there shall be no classification of the additional directors until the next election of directors by the members.   Electric membership corporations having a lawfully classified board of directors when this article goes into effect may continue their existing classification even though not conforming to this Code section.   The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may provide for the division of the territory served or to be served by an electric membership corporation into two or more districts for any purpose, including, without limitation, the nomination and election of directors. The articles of incorporation or bylaws shall prescribe the boundaries of the districts, or the manner of establishing such boundaries of the districts, and the manner of changing such boundaries and the manner in which such districts shall function.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 11; Ga. L. 1950, p. 233, § 1; Code 1933, § 34A-114.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1950, p. 233, § 2; Code 1933, § 34C-604, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-294 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-294. Vacancies on Board of Directors Generally

 Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws otherwise provide:    Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Code section, any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum of the board of directors, or by the sole remaining director, as the case may be, or, if the vacancy is not so filled or if no director remains, by the members;   If a vacancy occurs with respect to a director elected by members from a particular district pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 46-3-293, the vacancy may be filled by the remaining director or directors elected by the members from that district or, if no such director remains, by the other remaining directors or by the members in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Code section;   Any directorship to be filled by reason of the removal of a director or directors, as provided in Code Section 46-3-295, shall be filled by the members or, if authorized by the members, by the remaining director or directors as provided in paragraph (1) of this Code section;   A director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall be elected or appointed for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the board of directors, but only for a term of office continuing until the next election of directors by the members and the election and qualification of his successor;   A director who resigns may postpone the effectiveness of his resignation to a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event specified in a written tender of resignation. A vacancy shall be deemed to exist at the time of such tender; and the board of directors or the members may then or thereafter elect or appoint a successor to take office when the resignation, by its terms, becomes effective.    (Code 1933, § 34C-605, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 1400.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 434, 435.
GA Code § 46-3-295 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 6 - Directors and Officers|§ 46-3-295. Removal of Directors

  Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, at any meeting of members with respect to which notice of such purpose has been given, the entire board of directors or any individual director may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the electric membership corporation.   Whenever the members from a particular district are entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 46-3-293, this Code section shall apply, in respect of the removal of the director or directors so elected, to the vote of the members from that district and not to the vote of the members as a whole.   If any or all directors are removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting.    (Code 1933, § 34C-606, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)