901-5-03 Requirements for membership certificates.

(A) Each society shall:

(1) Issue each membership certificate in the name of the individual who paid the required annual membership fee;

(2) Permit only those persons who paid the required annual membership fee and whose signatures appear upon their membership certificates to:

(a) Vote at the annual election of directors of the society;

(b) Hold any office of the society.

(3) Issue no membership certificate to any entity other than a natural person.

(B) Membership certificates issued by each agricultural society shall bear:

(1) Dates (day and year) the membership begins and terminates;

(2) The name of the society; and

(3) A space for the signature of the purchaser of said membership.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/20/2003 and 03/20/2008

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 901.06

Rule Amplifies: 1711.06

Prior Effective Dates: 2/20/69