                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS (§ 56-492)

The board of directors of a cooperative shall have power to do all things
necessary and incidental in conducting the business of the cooperative,
including but not limited to:

1. If authorized by the certificate of incorporation, or by resolution of its
members, the power to adopt and amend bylaws for the management and regulation
of the affairs of the cooperative, subject, however, to the right of such
members to alter or repeal such bylaws. The bylaws of a cooperative may make
provisions, not inconsistent with law or its certificate of incorporation
regulating the admission, suspension or expulsion of members; the transfer of
memberships, the fees and dues of members and the termination of memberships on
nonpayment of dues or otherwise; the number, times and manner of choosing,
qualifications, terms of office, official designations, powers, duties and
compensation of its officers; defining a vacancy in the board or in any office
and the manner of filling it; the number of members to constitute a quorum at
meetings, the date of the annual meeting and the giving of notice thereof and
the holding of special meetings and the giving of notice thereof; the terms and
conditions upon which the cooperative is to render service to its members, the
disposition of the revenues and receipts of the cooperative; regular and special
meetings of the board and the giving of notice thereof.

2. To appoint agents and employees and to fix their compensation and the
compensation of the officers of the cooperative.

3. To execute all instruments.

4. To make its own rules and regulations as to its procedure.

HISTORY: 1950, p. 591; 1956, c. 434; 1974, c. 73; 2001, c. 386.