43:17-13. Officers, trustees, election
43:17-13. The board of representatives shall, on or before the third Monday in December in every year, elect by ballot from among their own number, or out of the whole membership of that association a president, vice president, treasurer and a secretary, who shall be the board of officers of the corporation, and not more than five members of a board of trustees.
At the first election after the incorporation or reincorporation, there shall be elected not less than three nor more than fifteen trustees, who shall then be divided by the representatives, by lot, into three classes, of not more than five persons each, those of the first class to hold office for one year, those of the second class to hold office for two years and those of the third class to hold office for three years after the date of their election, so that one class shall go out of office each year, and in each year after the first election not more than five trustees, who shall hold office for three years after the date of their election, shall be elected at the annual election.
The trustees may be elected in the same manner and from the same source as the representatives are chosen, in which case they shall be divided by the representatives, by lot, into three classes for the aforesaid terms. When the term of any trustee so elected expires, the successor shall be selected from the same source as that from which the trustee was chosen, and shall hold office for three years after the date of the election.
All of the officers and trustees shall hold office until their respective successors are elected.
Amended 1996, c.151, s.11.
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