Tennessee Code 43-38-607 – Filling vacancies
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-38-607
- Cooperative: means an association organized under this title conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
- Member: means a person or entity reflected on the books of the cooperative as the owner of governance rights of a membership interest of the cooperative and includes patron and nonpatron members. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
- Patron: means a person or entity who conducts patronage business with the cooperative. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
- Patron member: means a member holding a patron membership interest. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
- Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
If a patron member director’s position becomes vacant for a director who was elected by patron members, the board shall appoint a patron member of the cooperative to fill the director’s position until the next regular or special members’ meeting; provided however, that if there is only one (1) patron member director, a special members’ meeting shall be called to fill the patron member director vacancy. If the vacating director was not a patron member, the board shall appoint a patron member or a patron member’s representative to fill the vacant position. At the next regular or special members’ meeting, the members or patron members shall elect a director to fill the unexpired term of the vacant director’s position.