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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 251.256. Voting By Mail

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§ 251.256. VOTING BY MAIL.  (a) The certificate of 
formation or bylaws of a cooperative association may contain the 
procedures in Subsection (b) or (c), or both, for voting by mail.
	(b)  With notice of a meeting sent to members of the 
cooperative association, the secretary may include a copy of a 
proposal to be offered at the meeting.  If a mail vote is returned to 
the cooperative association within the specified number of days, 
the mail vote shall be counted with the votes cast at the meeting.
	(c)  The secretary may send to a member of the cooperative 
association who is absent from a meeting an exact copy of the 
proposal considered at the meeting.  If the vote is returned to the 
cooperative association within the specified number of days, the 
mail vote is counted with the votes cast at the meeting.
	(d)  The certificate of formation or bylaws may state whether 
and to what extent mail votes are counted in computing a quorum.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.                     

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