279.370 Bylaws -- Adoption and contents.

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(1)The incorporators of each corporation organized under KRS 279.310 to 279.600

shall adopt for its management bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted by

KRS 279.310 to 279.600. The written consent of a majority of the incorporators,

evidenced by their signatures to the bylaws adopted, shall be necessary to the

adoption of bylaws. The bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the board of

trustees.

(2)The bylaws may provide for any or all of the following matters:

(a)The time, place and manner of calling and conducting meetings of the

members.

(b)The number of members constituting a quorum.

(c)The right of members to vote by mail, and the conditions, manner, form and

effect of such votes.

(d)The number of trustees constituting a quorum.

(e)The qualifications, compensation, powers, duties and terms of office of

trustees and officers, the time of their election and the manner of giving notice

thereof.

(f)An executive committee and the allotment to that committee of any or all of

the functions and powers of the board of trustees, subject to the general

direction and control of the board.

(g)The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any, the

manner of collecting them and the purposes for which they may be used.

(h)The qualifications of members of the corporation and the conditions precedent

to membership; the time and manner of permitting members to withdraw; the

manner of assignment or transfer of the interest of a member; the conditions

upon which and the time when membership of any member shall cease; the

suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible to

membership in the corporation; the 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 corporation upon the death or withdrawal of a

member or upon his expulsion or forfeiture of membership, or, at the option of

the corporation, the purchase of the member's interest at a price fixed by

appraisal by the board. The bylaws may provide that in case of the forced

withdrawal or expulsion of a member the board shall equitably appraise his

property interest in the corporation and shall at its option fix the amount

thereof in money or other property, which shall be paid to him within one

year after his expulsion or withdrawal.

(i)Penalties for violation of the bylaws.

(j)Any other matter relating to the operation or management of the corporation

and not inconsistent with law or with the articles of incorporation.