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SC Code § 33-49-615 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-615. Disclosure of compensation and benefits.

 (A) The board of trustees must disclose at a location accessible and visible to the cooperative membership on its website by May fifteenth of each year, all compensation or benefits by category paid to or provided for board members during the previous calendar year. For purposes of this section, categories include, but are not limited to:  (1) daily per diem amount;  (2) total per diem compensation for attendance at regular meetings of the board of trustees;  (3) total per diem compensation for attendance at special meetings of the board, including board of trustee committee meetings;  (4) total per diem compensation for attendance at meetings of cooperative service organizations;  (5) total per diem compensation for trustee training and certification;  (6) total expenses paid or reimbursed, including mileage, subsistence, entertainment or travel expenses paid in conjunction with subsection (A)(2) through (5);  (7) the total value of and a description of any other fringe benefits provided; and  (8) the total value of and a description of any goods or services required to be disclosed by Section 33-49-630(C)(3).  (B) The provisions of this section first apply to the 2019 calendar year with the unaudited disclosures required by this section to be made no later than May 15, 2020.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 7, eff May 1, 2020.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."
SC Code § 33-49-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-620. Voting districts for trustees and for delegates.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the bylaws may provide that the territory in which a cooperative supplies electric energy to its members shall be divided into two or more voting districts and that, in respect of each voting district:  (1) a designated number of trustees must be elected by the members residing therein;  (2) a designated number of delegates must be elected by the members; or  (3) both trustees and delegates must be elected by the members.  The bylaws shall prescribe the manner in which such voting districts, the members of them and the delegates and trustees, if any, elected from them shall function and the powers of the delegates, which may include the power to elect trustees. A member at a voting district meeting and a delegate at a meeting shall vote in person, at the meeting or an alternative early voting site.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1042; 1952 Code Section 12-1042; 1942 Code Section 8555-100; 1939 (41) 240; 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 5.C, eff August 1, 2020.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 56, Section 5.C, rewrote the section, providing the procedures for early voting.
SC Code § 33-49-621 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-621. Single-member voting districts.

 Within eighteen months of the effective date of this section, each distribution cooperative must put the question of single-member voting districts to its membership at an annual meeting.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 8, eff May 16, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."
SC Code § 33-49-625 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-625. Notice, votes, and minutes.

 (A) Notwithstanding all other notice requirements, written notice of all nonemergency meetings of the board of trustees or the membership of the cooperative, including membership meetings pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-49-620, must be posted at a location accessible and visible to the cooperative membership on the cooperative's website and at the cooperative's principal place of business at least ten days before the meeting. The notice must state the time, place, location, and purpose of the meeting.  (B) Written notice of emergency meetings of the board of trustees must be posted at a location accessible and visible to the cooperative membership on the cooperative's website and at the cooperative's principal place of business at least twenty-four hours before the meeting. Emergency meetings of the board may be called when appropriate to deal with extraordinary circumstances, but the board of trustees must not make decisions regarding rates, fees, charges, board of trustees composition or board of trustees compensation at an emergency meeting.  (C) All votes cast by trustees at these meetings must be taken in open session except where discussions include:  (1) matters related to employees of the cooperative;  (2) matters related to contracts or agreements with vendors or suppliers;  (3) matters related to particular cooperative members that involve account or personal information;  (4) matters related to economic development that involve the discussion of potentially identifiable information about businesses or industries that might be locating or expanding in or near the cooperative's service territory;  (5) matters related to information or physical security measures;  (6) matters related to legal advice; and  (7) matters not specifically listed but determined by the board, on the advice of counsel, to constitute a reasonable risk of damage to the cooperative membership due to the release of proprietary, personnel, member, or account information.  (D) Where votes are taken in executive session, the vote then must be ratified in open session in a manner that does not compromise the purpose of the executive session.  (E) Approved board minutes detailing the actions taken at these meetings must be provided within ten days of their approval to cooperative members in the same manner that notice of the meeting was provided.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 9, eff August 1, 2020.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."
SC Code § 33-49-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-640. Annual election and term of trustees.

 The trustees of a cooperative named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger or conversion, as the case may be, shall hold office until the next following annual meeting of the members or until their successors have been elected and qualified. Incumbent trustees seeking reelection shall not directly or indirectly influence the nomination or credentials process. At each annual meeting or, in case of failure to hold the annual meeting as specified in the bylaws, at a special meeting called for that purpose, the members shall elect trustees to hold office until the next following annual meeting of the members, except as otherwise provided. Each trustee shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or until his successor is elected and qualified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1044; 1952 Code Section 12-1044; 1942 Code Section 8555-99; 1939 (41) 240; 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 11, eff August 1, 2020.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 56, Section 11, in the first sentence, substituted "have been elected" for "shall have been elected", inserted the second sentence, relating to incumbent trustees seeking reelection, made a nonsubstantive in the third sentence, and in the fourth sentence, substituted "is elected" for "shall have been elected".
SC Code § 33-49-645 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-645. Conduct of elections.

 (A) In the conduct of an election authorized by this chapter or in the bylaws of the cooperative, including the annual election of trustees, a cooperative must prohibit advocacy or campaigning within a distance of the polling place that reasonably ensures that cooperative members are able to vote without harassment, intimidation, or interference. The polling place, for purposes of this section, is the location where votes are collected for tabulation.  (B)(1) In the conduct of the annual election of trustees, to the extent that a cooperative's bylaws provide for members to become candidates for the board of trustees by petition, the number of signatures required must not exceed one percent of the total cooperative membership.  (2) If the cooperative's bylaws providing for members to become candidates for the board of trustees by petition require the collection of more than 50 signatures of cooperative members, the cooperative bylaws must also provide for a process allowing those signatures to be collected electronically.  (C) In the conduct of the annual election of trustees, any member or district information provided to an incumbent trustee for use in campaigning for the board of trustees must be provided to all candidates for the board of trustees on the same terms and conditions.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 56 (H.3145), Section 12, eff May 16, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 56, Section 16, provides as follows:  "SECTION 16. Where the provisions of new or revised 1976 Code sections or subsections contained in this act conflict with provisions of the bylaws of an electric cooperative, the provisions of this act control and the cooperative, as permitted by Section 33-49-280, shall amend and conform its bylaw provisions accordingly."
SC Code § 33-49-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-650. Division of trustees into classes.

 The bylaws may provide that in lieu of electing the whole number of trustees annually (a) the trustees shall be divided into two classes at the first or any subsequent annual meeting, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, with the term of office of the trustees of the first class to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting and the term of the second class to expire at the second succeeding annual meeting or (b) the trustees shall be divided into three classes at the first or any subsequent annual meeting, each class to be as nearly equal as possible, with the term of office of the trustees of the first class to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting, the term of the second class to expire at the second succeeding annual meeting and the term of the third class to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting. At each annual meeting after such classification a number of trustees 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 or third succeeding annual meeting, as the case may be, and until their respective successors shall have been elected and duly qualified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1045; 1952 Code Section 12-1045; 1942 Code Section 8555-99; 1939 (41) 240; 1949 (46) 87.
SC Code § 33-49-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-660. Quorum of trustees.

 A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1046; 1952 Code Section 12-1046; 1942 Code Section 8555-99; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 33-49-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-670. Officers and employees.

 The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer who shall be elected annually by and from the board of trustees. No person shall continue to hold any of the above offices after he shall have ceased to be a trustee. The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person. The board of trustees may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof. Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the bylaws.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1047; 1952 Code Section 12-1047; 1942 Code Section 8555-101; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 33-49-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-690. Immunity.

 All directors, trustees, or members of the governing bodies of electric cooperatives organized under this chapter are immune from suit arising from the conduct of the affairs of these electric cooperatives in the same manner and under the same conditions as directors, trustees, and members of the governing bodies of not-for-profit cooperatives, corporations, associations, and organizations are immune under Section 33-31-834. This immunity from suit is removed when the conduct amounts to wilful, wanton, or gross negligence. Nothing in this section may be construed to grant immunity to the electric cooperatives.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 384, Section 7.
SC Code § 33-49-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-810. Amendment of articles of incorporation.

 A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposed amendment shall be first approved by the board of trustees and shall then be submitted to a vote of the members at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such changes as the members shall choose to make therein, shall be deemed to be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of those members voting thereon at such special meeting.  (2) Upon such approval by the members, articles of amendment shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by its president or vice-president and its corporate seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The articles of amendment shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state  (a) the name of the cooperative,  (b) the address of its principal office,  (c) the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State and  (d) the amendment to its articles of incorporation.  The president or vice-president executing such articles of amendment shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with. Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1051; 1952 Code Section 12-1051; 1942 Code Section 8555-102; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 33-49-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-820. Change of principal office.

 A cooperative may, without amending its articles of incorporation, upon authorization of its board of trustees, change the location of its principal office by filing a certificate of change of principal office, executed and acknowledged by its president or vice-president under its seal attested by its secretary, in the office of the Secretary of State and also in each county office in which the articles of incorporation or any prior certificate of change of principal office of such cooperative has been filed. Such cooperative shall also, within thirty days after filing such certificate of change of principal office in any county office, file therein certified copies of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto if the same are not already on file therein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1052; 1952 Code Section 12-1052; 1942 Code Section 8555-102; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 33-49-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-830. Consolidation of cooperatives.

 Any two or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter designated a "consolidating cooperative," may consolidate into a new cooperative, hereinafter designated the "new cooperative," by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposition for the consolidation of the consolidating cooperatives into the new cooperative and proposed articles of consolidation to give effect thereto shall be first approved by the board of trustees of each consolidating cooperative. The proposed articles of consolidation shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state  (a) the name of each consolidating cooperative, the address of its principal office and the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State,  (b) the name of the new cooperative and the address of its principal office,  (c) the names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute the first board of trustees of the new cooperative,  (d) the terms and conditions of the consolidation and the mode of carrying the same into effect, including the manner and basis of converting memberships in each consolidating cooperative into memberships in the new cooperative and the issuance of certificates of membership in respect of such converted memberships and  (e) any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of the new cooperative.  (2) The proposition for the consolidation of the consolidating cooperatives into the new cooperative and the proposed articles of consolidation approved by the board of trustees of each consolidating cooperative shall then be submitted to a vote of the members of each consolidating cooperative at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed consolidation. The proposed consolidation and the proposed articles of consolidation shall be deemed to be approved upon the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of those members of each consolidating cooperative voting thereon at such meeting.  (3) Upon such approval by the members of the respective consolidating cooperatives, articles of consolidation in the form approved shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of each consolidating cooperative by its president or vice-president and its seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The president or vice-president of each consolidating cooperative executing such articles of consolidation shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with by such cooperative. Such articles of consolidation and affidavits shall be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1053; 1952 Code Section 12-1053; 1942 Code Section 8555-103; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 33-49-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives|Section 33-49-840. Merger into another cooperative.

 Any one or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter designated a "merging cooperative," may merge into another cooperative, hereinafter designated the "surviving cooperative," by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposition for the merger of the merging cooperatives into the surviving cooperative and proposed articles of merger to give effect thereto shall be first approved by the board of trustees of each merging cooperative and by the board of trustees of the surviving cooperative. The proposed articles of merger shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state  (a) the name of each merging cooperative, the address of its principal office and the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State,  (b) the name of the surviving cooperative and the address of its principal office,  (c) a statement that the merging cooperative elects to be merged into the surviving cooperative,  (d) the terms and conditions of the merger and the mode of carrying the same into effect, including the manner and basis of converting the memberships in the merging cooperative or cooperatives into memberships in the surviving cooperative and the issuance of certificates of membership in respect of such converted memberships and  (e) any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of the surviving cooperative.  (2) The proposition for the merger of the merging cooperatives into the surviving cooperative and the proposed articles of merger approved by the board of trustees of the respective cooperatives, parties to the proposed merger, shall then be submitted to a vote of the members of each such cooperative at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed merger. The proposed merger and the proposed articles of merger shall be deemed to be approved upon the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of those members of each cooperative voting thereon at such meeting.  (3) Upon such approval by the members of the respective cooperatives, parties to the proposed merger, articles of merger in the form approved shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of each such cooperative by its president or vice-president and its seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The president or vice-president of each cooperative executing such articles of merger shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with by such cooperative. Such articles of merger and affidavits shall be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-1054; 1952 Code Section 12-1054; 1942 Code Section 8555-104; 1939 (41) 240.