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WV Code § 31G-2-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-10. Directors

(a) The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors, elected by the members or stockholders.(b) The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors be elected either directly or by district delegates elected by the members in that district. The bylaws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, the manner of reapportioning the directors and the method of redistricting the territory covered by the association. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to the districts and that the results of all the primary elections may be ratified during the next regular meeting of the association or may be considered final.(c) The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by a public official, commission or by the other directors. These public directors shall represent the interest of the general public in the associations. The public directors need not be members or stockholders of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights as other directors. The directors shall not number more than one fifth of the entire number of directors.(d) An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee. No director, during the term of his or her office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing from the contractual terms accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association.(e) The bylaws may provide that no director, except the president and secretary, shall occupy a position in the association on regular salary or substantially full-time pay.(f) The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to the committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.(g) When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy, unless the bylaws provide for an election of directors by district. In that case the board of directors shall immediately call a special meeting of the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy.
WV Code § 31G-2-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-11. Officers

The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association; and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer; or unite both functions and titles in one person. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and, as such, shall not be considered an officer, but as a function of the board of directors. In such case, the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, except that the funds shall be deposited only as and where authorized by the board of directors.
WV Code § 31G-2-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-12. Officers, Employees and Agents to Be Bonded

Every officer, employee and agent handling funds or negotiable instruments or property of or for any association created hereunder shall be required to execute and deliver adequate bonds for the faithful performance of his or her duties and obligations.
WV Code § 31G-2-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-14. Removal of Officer or Director

(a) Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by five percent of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy. The director or officer against whom such charges have been brought shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses; and the person or persons bringing the charges against him or her shall have the same opportunity.(b) In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by twenty percent of the members residing in the district from which he or she was elected. The board of directors must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director; and by a vote of the majority of the members of that district the director in question shall be removed from office.
WV Code § 31G-2-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-15. Referendum

Upon demand of one third of the entire board of directors, made immediately and so recorded, at the same meeting at which the original motion was passed, any matter of policy that has been approved or passed by the board must be referred to the entire membership or the stockholders for decision at the next special or regular meeting; and a special meeting may be called for the purpose.
WV Code § 31G-2-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-16. Marketing Contract

The association and its members may take and execute marketing contracts, requiring the members, for any period of time not over five years, to use, receive or provide all or any specified part of an internet service exclusively to or through the association, or any facilities to be created by the association. If they contract a sale to the association, it shall be conclusively held that title to the products, goods and services passes absolutely and unreservedly, except for recorded liens, to the association upon delivery, or at any other specified time if expressly and definitely agreed in such contract. The contract may provide, among other things, that the association may sell or resell the products, goods and services delivered by its members, with or without taking title thereto, and pay over to its members the resale price, after deducting all necessary selling, overhead and other costs and expenses, including interest or dividends on stock, not exceeding eight percent per annum, and reserves for retiring the stock, if any; and any other proper reserves; or any other deductions.
WV Code § 31G-2-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-17. Remedies for Breach of Contract

The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the member or stockholder to the association upon the breach by him or her of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of internet services, and may further provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses and fees, in case the association shall prevail in any action brought by it upon the contract; and any such provisions shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of this state; and such clauses providing for liquidated damages shall be enforceable as such and shall not be regarded as penalties.In the event of any such breach or threatened breach of such marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a decree of specific performance thereof. Pending the adjudication of such an action and upon filing a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach, and upon filing a sufficient bond, the association may be entitled to a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the member.In any action upon such marketing agreement, it shall be presumed as between the parties that the landowner, landlord or lessor claiming therein so to be is able to control the delivery of internet services produced on his or her land by tenants or others, whose tenancy or possession or work on such land or the terms of whose tenancy or possession or labor thereon were created or changed after execution by the landowner, landlord or lessor of such marketing agreement; and in such actions the foregoing remedies for nondelivery or breach shall lie and be enforceable against such landowner, landlord or lessor.
WV Code § 31G-2-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-18. Purchasing Property of Other Associations, Persons, Firms or Corporations

Whenever an association, organized under this article with preferred capital stock, shall purchase the stock of any property, or any interest in any property, or any person, firm or corporation or association, it may discharge the obligations so incurred, wholly or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest shares of its preferred capital stock to an amount which at par value would equal the fair market value of the stock or interest so purchased, as determined by the board of directors. In that case the transfer to the association of the stock or interest purchased shall be equivalent to payment in cash for the shares of stock issued.
WV Code § 31G-2-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-19. Annual Reports

Each association formed under this article shall prepare an annual report on forms provided by and filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to the requirements of section two-a, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code.
WV Code § 31G-2-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-20. Conflicting Laws Not to Apply

Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this article shall be construed as not applying to the association herein provided for.
WV Code § 31G-2-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-21. Interest in Other Corporations or Associations

An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation or corporations, with or without capital stock, and engaged in qualified activities regarding internet services.
WV Code § 31G-2-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-22. Contracts and Agreements With Other Associations

Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements and contracts and arrangements with any other cooperative corporation, association or associations, formed in this or in any other state, for the cooperative and more economical carrying on of its business or any part or parts thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using, or may separately employ and use, the same personnel, methods, means and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective business.
WV Code § 31G-2-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-23. Rights and Remedies Apply to Similar Associations of Other States

Any corporation or association heretofore or hereafter organized under generally similar laws of another state shall be allowed to carry on any proper activities, operations and functions in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations desiring to do business in this state, and all contracts made by or with such associations, which could be made by any association incorporated hereunder, shall be legal and valid and enforceable in this state with all of the remedies set forth in this article.
WV Code § 31G-2-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-24. Associations Heretofore Organized May Adopt Provisions of Article

Any corporation or association organized in this state under previously existing statutes may, by a majority vote of its stockholders or members, be brought under the provisions of this article by limiting its membership and adopting the other restrictions as provided herein. It shall make out in duplicate a statement signed and sworn to by its directors to the effect that the corporation or association has, by a majority vote of the stockholders or members, decided to accept the benefits and be bound by the provisions of this article and has authorized all changes accordingly. Articles of incorporation shall be filed as required in section six of this article, except that they shall be signed by the members of the then board of directors. The filing fee shall be the same as for filing an amendment to articles of incorporation.Where any association may be incorporated under this article, all contracts made prior to the date of incorporation, by or on behalf of such association by the promoters thereof in anticipation of its becoming incorporated under the laws of this state, whether or not such contracts be made by or in the name of some corporation organized elsewhere, and when they would have been valid if entered into subsequent to such date, shall be held valid as if made after such date.
WV Code § 31G-2-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-25. Liability as to Delivery of Products in Violation of Marketing Agreements

Any person who solicits, persuades or permits any member of any association organized hereunder to breach his or her marketing contract with the association or one association with another, by accepting or receiving such member’s products for sale or for auction or for display for sale, contrary to the terms of any marketing agreement of which such person has knowledge or notice, shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit for damages therefor. Courts of equity shall have jurisdiction to enjoin further breaches of such contract.
WV Code § 31G-2-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-26. Associations to Be Deemed Not in Restraint of Trade

No association organized under this article and complying with the terms thereof shall be deemed to be a conspiracy or a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contract and agreements between the association and its members or any agreements authorized in this article be considered illegal as such or in unlawful restraint of trade or as part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose.
WV Code § 31G-2-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 2. Cooperative Associations|§31G-2-27. Application of Business Corporation Laws; Nonprofit Corporation Laws

The provisions of the business corporation laws in chapter thirty-one-d or the nonprofit corporation laws in chapter thirty-one-e of this code and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the associations organized under this article and may be used by them, except when the provisions are in conflict with or inconsistent with the express provisions of this article.
WV Code § 31G-3-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 3. Conduit Installation; Microtrenching|§31G-3-1. Definitions

“Microtrenching” means a technique of deploying cables, including specifically for broadband networks, using a cutting wheel to cut a trench with smaller dimensions than can be achieved with conventional trench digging equipment; with the trench dimensions being no greater than three inches in width, and a depth between one and two feet.
WV Code § 31G-3-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 3. Conduit Installation; Microtrenching|§31G-3-2. Microtrenching Permitted; Notification

(a) A person may perform microtrenching, where such is feasible, to the extent allowed by a permit issued by the appropriate municipality, county or state agency. All microtrenching work performed must be in accordance with the National Electrical Safety Code and other generally accepted safety codes. (b) A person must install conduit in a way that will readily permit another owner to add length to the microtrenching by connecting its own conduit to the first owner’s conduit. Where an owner connects its own conduit to another owner’s previously installed conduit, the owner must install conduit that has the same number of pathways or pipes as the previous owner’s conduit. (c) A person must install a vacant conduit of the same size as its own conduit when performing microtrenching operations. Other persons desiring use of conduit in the same area may make use of this vacant conduit upon application to the Broadband Enhancement Council.(d) When applying for a permit a person must notify the appropriate permitting entity of the intended dates of the start and completion of microtrenching construction. Notification must be made on a form and in a format prescribed by the appropriate permitting entity. No fee shall be charged for such application, as the installation of additional vacant conduit under the provisions of this section shall function in lieu of a fee. The person shall submit the following documents to the appropriate permitting entity:(1) Proof of insurance; or (2) An indemnification agreement. (e) Promptly after completion of microtrenching construction, but no longer than forty calendar days after issuance of the permit for microtrenching, the entity must file a document with the appropriate permitting entity containing the following information:(1) An “as-built” drawing of the conduit installed. The “as-built” drawing will be treated as proprietary and confidential, to the extent permitted by law.(2) A map showing the street location of the conduit including the side of the street the conduit is on, the beginning and ending points of the conduit, the number of ducts in the conduit, and the number of ducts of excess capacity in the conduit. The map must accurately reflect the addresses of buildings that are passed by the conduit.
WV Code § 31G-3-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 3. Conduit Installation; Microtrenching|§31G-3-3. Conduit Installation or Fiber Installation by Counties, Municipalities, and Other Political Subdivisions

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State of West Virginia may:(1) Install or contract with any entity for the installation of conduit, fiber, or broadband facilities throughout that political subdivision;(2) Partner with any of the following entities, or any combination thereof, to install such conduit or communications facilities throughout that political subdivision: (A) Nonprofit organization; (B) Cooperative association;(C) Another county, municipality, or political subdivision;(D) Private corporations, company, or person; or(E) Public-private partnership; and(4) Partner with any of the following entities, or any combination thereof, which operate a network operations center, to operate a fiber network: Provided, That a political subdivision may operate a network for their own use: (A) Nonprofit organization; (B) Cooperative association;(C) Another county, municipality, or political subdivision;(D) Private corporations, company, or person; or(E) Public-private partnership.
WV Code § 31G-3-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 31G. Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies|Article 3. Conduit Installation; Microtrenching|§31G-3-4. Compatible Use

(a) A broadband operator shall be authorized to construct or operate a broadband system: (1) Over public rights-of-way; and (2) Through easements, which are within the area to be served by the broadband system and which have been dedicated for compatible uses.(b) In installing, operating, and maintaining facilities, the broadband operator shall avoid all unnecessary damage and injury to any trees, structures, and improvements in and along the routes utilized for the system.(c) The broadband operator shall indemnify and hold the state, county and municipality harmless at all times from any and all claims for injury and damage to persons or property, both real and personal, caused by the installation, operation, or maintenance of its broadband system, notwithstanding any negligence on the part of the state, county, and/or municipality, their employees, or agents. Upon receipt of notice in writing from the state, county, and/or municipality, the broadband operator shall, at its own expense, defend any action or proceeding against the state, county and/or municipality in which it is claimed that personal injury or property damage was caused by activities of the broadband operator in the installation, operation or maintenance of its broadband system.(d) The use of public highways and other public places shall be subject to:(1) All applicable state statutes, municipal ordinances and all applicable rules governing the construction, maintenance, and removal of overhead and underground facilities of public utilities;(2) For county highways, all applicable rules adopted by the governing body of the county in which the county highways are situated; (3) For state or federal-aid highways, all public welfare rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Division of Highways; and (4) With respect to the use of any public highway that crosses the trackway of any railroad, nothing in this article shall be construed to provide for any greater or any lesser compliance with any safety policy or procedure established by the railroad with respect to the construction of utility crossings across the railroads trackway that is applicable to any other similarly situated utility, whether utilizing aerial or buried lines.(e) In the use of easements dedicated for compatible uses, the broadband operator shall ensure:(1) That the safety, functioning, and appearance of the property and the convenience and safety of other persons is not adversely affected by the installation or construction of facilities necessary for a broadband system; and(2) That the owner of the property is justly compensated by the broadband operator for any damages caused by the installation, construction, operation, or removal of facilities by the broadband operator.(f) An "easement dedicated for compatible uses" is a public or private easement for electric, gas, telephone, or other utility transmission