501A.811 Patron member voting based on patronage.
1. Patron members to have an additional vote. A cooperative may authorize by the articles or the bylaws for patron members to have an additional vote for all of the following:
a. A stipulated amount of business transacted between the patron member and cooperative.
b. A stipulated number of patron members in a member cooperative.
c. A certain stipulated amount of equity allocated to or held by a patron member in the cooperative’s central organization.
d. A combination of methods provided in this subsection.
2. Delegates elected by patrons to have an additional vote. A cooperative that is organized into units or districts of patron members may, by the articles or the bylaws, authorize the delegates elected by its patron members to have an additional vote for any of the following:
a. A stipulated amount of business transacted between the patron members in the units or districts and the cooperative.
b. A certain stipulated amount of equity allocated to or held by the patron members of the units or districts of the cooperative.
c. A combination of methods in this subsection.
2005 Acts, ch 135, §61
Referred to in §501A.810
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