2005 Minnesota Statutes

     308A.631 Quorum. 

    Subdivision 1.    Quorum.  (a) Except as provided in 
 paragraph (b), the quorum for a members' meeting to transact 
 business is: 

    (1) ten percent of the total number of members for a 
 cooperative with 500 or less members; or 

    (2) 50 members for cooperatives with more than 500 members. 

    (b) The quorum provisions of paragraph (a) apply 
 notwithstanding quorum requirements of the articles or the 
 bylaws, except for:  

    (1) a larger quorum in articles filed by a cooperative 
 after March 26, 1949; or 

    (2) a larger quorum provided by amending the articles or 
 bylaws after May 1, 1959. 

    Subd. 2.    Quorum for voting by mail.  In determining a 
 quorum at a meeting, on a question submitted to a vote by mail, 
 members present in person or represented by mail vote shall be 
 counted.  The attendance of a sufficient number of members to 
 constitute a quorum shall be established by a registration of 
 the members of the cooperative present at the meeting.  The 
 registration shall be verified by the president and secretary of 
 the cooperative and shall be reported in the minutes of the 
 meeting.  

    Subd. 3.    Meeting action invalid without quorum.  An 
 action by a cooperative is not valid or legal in the absence of 
 a quorum at the meeting at which the action was taken.  

    HIST: 1989 c 144 art 1 s 33