(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.Tex. Agric. Code § 52.085
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 1, eff. 5/29/1999.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.11, eff. 9/1/1995 Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1110, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.