KRS 247.350: Organization and function of state federation.

Any state federation organized pursuant to KRS 247.330 and 247.340 shall have the

following organization and function in the following manner:

(1) The said federation shall hold an annual meeting at a date to be fixed by its bylaws,

which annual meeting ma y be referred to as the "annual convention" of said

federation;

(2) Each county farm bureau shall be entitled to no less than two (2) voting delegates at

the annual convention of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation. When a county

farm bureau has received, during the fiscal year ending prior to said state

convention, one hundred fifty (150) paid -in regular memberships, as defined in the

bylaws of the federation, each additional one hundred (100) paid -in regular

memberships or major portion thereof shall enti tle the county farm bureau to an

additional voting delegate. No voting delegate shall vote by proxy, unless the proxy

is in writing in a form approved by the board of directors of the state federation;

(3) The governing body of said state federation shall consist of a board of directors of

not less than seven (7) members. The distribution of said directors shall be by state

federation districts, and set forth in the bylaws of the corporation. Each director

shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, shall be a resident of the district from

which he is elected, must be actively engaged in farming, or evidencing a primary

interest therein by reason of his position or occupation, and shall be nominated by

the voting delegates of said district and elected by a majority vote of the voting

delegates voting either in person or by proxy at said election;

(4) Said state federation, by bylaws, shall have authority to provide for additional

directors representing cooperating agricultural agencies;

(5) The officers of said federation shall consist of a president, a first vice president, and

a second vice president, who shall be elected by majority vote cast by the voting

delegates at the annual convention, and there shall be an executive officer of the

corporation, who shall be elected by the board of directors, and who shall be an ex

officio member of the board, without power to vote; and

(6) The board of directors shall select from its membership an executive committee

composed of three (3) persons, and said committee shall have general charge of the

management of the business of the federation in the interim between meetings of

the board of directors and shall possess such powers, duties and responsibilities as

may be provided in the bylaws of the federation or by reso lution of the board of

directors.