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TN Code § 59-11-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 11 - Weighing of Coal and Minerals|§ 59-11-101. Checkweigher or Checkmeasurer — Duties — Interference Prohibited — Penalty

  At every coal or other mine in this state, where coal or other minerals are mined by weight or measure, the miners, or a majority of those present at a meeting called for that purpose, shall have the right to employ a competent person as checkweigher or checkmeasurer, as the case may require, who shall be permitted at all times to be present at the weighing or measuring of coal, and who shall have power to weigh or measure the same, and, during the regular working hours, have the privilege to balance and examine the scales or measure the cars; provided, that all such balancing and examination of scales shall only be done in such way and in such time as in no way to interfere with the regular working of the mines; and such person shall not be considered a trespasser during working hours while attending to the interest of such person's employers, and in no manner shall such person be interfered with or intimidated by any person, agent, or owner, or miner.   Any person violating this section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-11-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 11 - Weighing of Coal and Minerals|§ 59-11-102. Recordkeeping — Disputes — Settlement

 It shall be a further duty of such checkweigher or checkmeasurer to credit each miner with all merchantable coal or other mineral mined by the miner, on a proper sheet or book kept by such person for that purpose. When differences arise between the checkweigher or checkmeasurer and the agent or owners of the mine, as to the uniformity, capacity of scales or cars used, the same shall be referred to the mine inspector of the district where the mine is located, whose duty it shall be to regulate the same at once; and, in the event of such scales or cars proving to be correct, then the party or parties applying for the testing thereof shall pay all costs and expenses thereof; but, if not correct, then the owner or owners of the mine to pay the cost and charges of making the examination.
TN Code § 59-11-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 11 - Weighing of Coal and Minerals|§ 59-11-103. Improper Weighing or Measuring — Penalty

 Any weigher, agent, or checkmeasurer, whether employed by operators or miners, who knowingly or willfully adopts or takes more or less pounds for a bushel or ton than is provided by law, or willfully neglects the balancing or examining of the scales or cars, or knowingly and willfully weighs coal with an incorrect scale, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-11-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 11 - Weighing of Coal and Minerals|§ 59-11-104. Payment of Checkweigher

 When miners of coal or other minerals in this state elect a checkweigher or measurer, as provided, the operators, company, or firm employing the miners shall, upon receiving notice in writing from the miners of the election of checkweigher, withhold from each miner an equal amount, agreed upon by the miners and checkweigher, and pay the same to the checkweigher at each regular payday.
TN Code § 59-11-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 11 - Weighing of Coal and Minerals|§ 59-11-105. Failure to Withhold Wages — Liability — Penalty

 Upon failure of any operator, company or firm to comply with § 59-11-104, the operator, company or firm is liable to the checkweigher for the full amount of the checkweigher's wages, and is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 59-13-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Coal Cooperative Marketing Association Law of 1984.”
TN Code § 59-13-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-102. Legislative Intent

 In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of Tennessee coal through cooperation; and to eliminate speculation and waste; and to make the distribution of coal between producer and consumer as direct as can be efficiently done; and to stabilize the marketing of coal and coal products; and to provide for the organization and incorporation of cooperative marketing associations for the marketing of such products, this chapter is enacted.
TN Code § 59-13-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall have the meanings set out unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   “Association” means any corporation organized under this chapter. Associations organized hereunder shall be deemed “nonprofit,” inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers;   “Coal” means coal and all of its derivatives;   “Member” means actual members of associations without capital stock, and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock; and   “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, and association.
TN Code § 59-13-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-104. Creation of Associations

 Seven (7) or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of coal, may form a nonprofit, cooperative association, with or without capital stock, under this chapter.
TN Code § 59-13-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-105. Purposes

 An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the coal of its members or with the sampling, storing, processing, permitting, reclamation, or transporting of the coal or its derivatives; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies; or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; or in any one (1) or more of the activities specified in this chapter.
TN Code § 59-13-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-106. Communications Regarding Probable Success

 Every group of persons contemplating the organization of an association under this chapter is urged to communicate with the department of environment and conservation, office of energy programs, which will inform them, among other things, of the probable success of the association regardless of whatever the survey of the marketing conditions affecting the commodities proposed to be handled may indicate.
TN Code § 59-13-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-107. Powers and Duties

 Each association incorporated under this chapter shall have the following powers, to:   Engage in activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the coal of its members or the sampling, storing, processing, permitting, reclamation, transporting of the coal or marketing of the derivatives thereof; or in any activity in connection with the purchase, hiring, or use by its members of supplies, machinery, or equipment; or in the financing of any such activities; or in any one (1) or more of the activities specified in this section; and such association may also buy, sell and deal in coal of nonmembers to any amount not greater in value than such as is handled by it for its members;   Borrow money and to make advance payments and advances to members;   Act as the agent or representative of any member or members in any of the above-mentioned activities;   Purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, and exercise all rights or ownership in, and to sell, transfer, or pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on or the retirement or redemption of, shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association engaged in any related activity or in the storing or handling or marketing of any of the products handled by the association;   Establish reserves and to invest the funds thereof in bonds or in such other property as may be provided in the bylaws;   Buy, hold, and exercise all privileges or ownership over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient or incidental for the conduct and operation of any business of the association, or incidental thereto;   Establish, secure, own and develop patents, trademarks and copyrights; and   Do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any one (1) of the purposes or the attainment of any one (1) or more of the subjects enumerated; or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association; and to contract accordingly; and in addition to exercise and possess all powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized or to the activities in which it is engaged; and in addition, any other rights, powers, and privileges granted by the laws of this state to ordinary corporations, except such as are inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter, and to do any such thing anywhere.
TN Code § 59-13-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-108. Membership — Stock

  Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may admit as members (or issue common stock to) only persons engaged in the production of coal or its derivatives to be handled by or through the association.   If a member of a nonstock association be other than a natural person, such members may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, or manager, or member of such association duly authorized in writing.   One (1) association organized hereunder may become a member or stockholder of any other association or associations organized hereunder.
TN Code § 59-13-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-109. Articles of Incorporation — Directors — Stock

 Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file articles of incorporation, setting forth:   The name of the association;   The purpose for which it is formed;   The place where its principal business will be transacted;   The duration of the association, if other than perpetual. If the charter of any association organized under this chapter provides for a term of existence, not exceeding fifty (50) years, such charter is hereby deemed to be amended to provide that the duration of the association is perpetual, unless a majority of the members of such association shall vote to limit the duration of the association to some other period of time in accordance with title 48, chapter 11, part 3 or title 48, chapter 51, part 3, as applicable; provided, however, that in no event may the members so amend the charter of an association which has been in existence for more than fifty (50) years;   The number of directors of the association, which must be not less than three (3) and may be any number greater than the required minimum; the term of office of such directors; and the names and addresses of those who are to serve as incorporating directors for the first term, or until the election and qualification of their successors;   If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member shall be equal or unequal, and if unequal, the general rule or rules applicable to all members by which the property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may and shall be determined and fixed; and provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members, in accordance with such general rule or rules. This provision or paragraph of the articles of incorporation shall not be altered, amended, or repealed, except by the written consent or vote of three fourths (¾) of the members; and   If organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which it is divided and the par value of such stock.
TN Code § 59-13-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-110. Stock — Common and Preferred

 The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided, the articles of incorporation must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which preference is granted and the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted; and the nature and definite extent of the preference and privileges granted to each.
TN Code § 59-13-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-111. Articles of Incorporation — Subscription and Acknowledgment — Copies — Evidence

 The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged; and when filed, such articles of incorporation or certified copies of such articles shall be received in all the courts of this state and other places as prima facie evidence of the due incorporation of such association.
TN Code § 59-13-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-112. Amendment of Articles

  An amendment must first be approved by two thirds (2/3) of the directors and then adopted by a vote representing a majority of all the members of the association.   However, if at a meeting of the members of the association to which a proposed amendment has been submitted, a majority of the members are not present, then those present and also members voting by proxy may adjourn the meeting to a time and place certain, but not sooner than three (3) weeks from the time of adjournment. Prior to the convening of the adjourned meeting, notices shall be placed in a newspaper of general circulation in the place where the principal office of the association is located each week for three (3) weeks. Such notices shall state the time, place, and purpose of the adjourned meeting. When the meeting reconvenes, the members present in person or by proxy shall constitute the quorum, and may take action on the proposed amendment by a majority vote of those represented, even if fewer than a majority of the total membership of the association.
TN Code § 59-13-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-113. Bylaws

 Each association incorporated under this chapter must, within thirty (30) days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management, a code of bylaws, not inconsistent with the powers granted by this chapter. A majority vote of the members or stockholders, or their written assent, is necessary to adopt such bylaws. Each association, under its bylaws, may provide for any or all of the following matters:   The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum;   The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or both; and the conditions, manner, form, and effects of such votes;   The number of directors constituting a quorum;   The qualifications, compensation and duties and term of office of directors and officers; time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;   Penalties for violations of the bylaws;   The amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of the same; and the purposes for which they may be used;   The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association; the charge, if any, to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to the member or stockholder and the time of payment and the manner of collection; and the marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder may be required to sign; and   The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock; the method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw or the holders of common stock to transfer their stock; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members and of the shares of common stock; the conditions upon which and the time when membership of any member shall cease; the automatic suspension of the rights of a member when the member ceases to be eligible to membership in the association; and the mode, manner, and effect of the expulsion of a member; the manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder, or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of membership, or, at the option of the association, the purchase at a price fixed by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors. In case of the withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise the member's property interests in the association and shall fix the amount thereof in money, which shall be paid to the member within one (1) year after such expulsion or withdrawal.
TN Code § 59-13-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-114. Meetings

 In its bylaws, each association shall provide for one (1) or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time; and ten percent (10%) of the members or stockholders may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time, and if such a special meeting is appropriately demanded, then such a meeting must be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that the bylaws may require instead that such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association.
TN Code § 59-13-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-115. Board of Directors

 The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not fewer than three (3) directors, elected by the members or stockholders not from their own number. The bylaws may provide that one (1) or more directors may be appointed by any public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members or their delegates. The directors so appointed cannot be members or stockholders of the association.
TN Code § 59-13-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-116. Compensation of Officers and Directors

 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.
TN Code § 59-13-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-117. Contracts and Positions of Directors — Prohibitions

 No director, during the term of the director's office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association or others, or differing from terms generally current in that district. The bylaws may provide that no director shall occupy any position in the association, except the president and secretary on regular salary or substantially full-time pay.
TN Code § 59-13-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-118. Executive Committee

 The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.
TN Code § 59-13-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-119. Vacancies on Board

 When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs, a majority vote of the executive committee shall fill the vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the predecessor's unexpired term in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled for such reason by such board of directors for a term of office continuing only until the next regular election of directors.
TN Code § 59-13-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-120. Election of Officers

 The directors shall elect from their number a president and may elect one (1) or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer; and they may combine the two (2) latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer; or unite both functions and titles in one (1) person. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and as such, shall not be considered as 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, excepting that the funds shall be deposited only as and where authorized by the board of directors.
TN Code § 59-13-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-121. Surety Bonds

 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 bond for the faithful performance of duties and obligations.
TN Code § 59-13-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-122. Certificates of Membership

 When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid the membership fee in full, the member shall receive a certificate of membership.
TN Code § 59-13-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-123. Conditions of Issuing Stock

 No association shall issue stock to a member until it has been fully paid for. The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but such retention as security shall not affect the member's right to vote.
TN Code § 59-13-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-124. Liability of Members

 No member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on the membership fee or the subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balance on any promissory notes given in payment thereof.
TN Code § 59-13-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 59 - Mines and Mining|Chapter 13 - Coal Cooperative Marketing Associations|§ 59-13-125. Number of Votes of Members or Stockholders

 No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one (1) vote, regardless of the number of shares of common stock owned by the member or stockholder.