(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a member of a marketing association is entitled to one vote.
(b) A marketing association may provide in its articles of incorporation or bylaws for a member association or group to have more than one vote if the association providing for the vote:
(1) is organized primarily for the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves or for processing and marketing citrus products and:
(A) has its principal office in a county that has at least 500 acres of land planted in citrus groves; and
(B) includes as members one or more associations or groups organized on a cooperative basis; or
(2) is organized primarily for the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, storing, handling, shipping, marketing, selling, or use of grain or grain-related products.

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(c) A marketing association that provides for a member association or group to have more than one vote under Subsection (b) shall comply with § 52.012(a)(2).
(d) In accordance with a bylaw adopted under § 52.052 of this code, a marketing association may provide for its members to vote by proxy or by mail.