Agriculture Code § 52.085

Sec. 52.085. VOTING. (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. (c) A marketing association that provides for a member association or group to have more than one vote under Subsection (b) shall comply with Section 52.012(a)(2). (d) In accordance with a bylaw adopted under Section 52.052 of this code, a marketing association may provide for its members to vote by proxy or by mail. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1110, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.