Iowa § 501A.804 Special members’ meetings

Iowa Statutes

§ 501A.804 — Special members’ meetings

Iowa § 501A.804

Title XIIBUSINESS ENTITIES

Ch. 501ACOOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT

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Iowa Code § 501A.804 (2026).

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1.Calling meeting. Special members’ meetings of the members may be called by any of the following:

a.A majority vote of the board.

b.The written petition of at least twenty percent of the patron members and, if authorized by the articles or bylaws, twenty percent of the nonpatron members, twenty percent of all members, or members representing twenty percent of the membership interests collectively submitted to the chairperson.

2.Notice. Thecooperativeshallgivenoticeofaspecialmembers’meetingbymailingthe special members’ meeting notice to each member personally at the person’s last known post office address, or by another process determined by the board if the member is to vote by an alternativevotingmethodasapprovedbytheboardandagreedtobythememberindividually or the members generally. F

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1. Calling meeting. Special members’ meetings of the members may be called by any of
the following:
a. A majority vote of the board.
b. The written petition of at least twenty percent of the patron members and, if authorized
by the articles or bylaws, twenty percent of the nonpatron members, twenty percent of all
members, or members representing twenty percent of the membership interests collectively
submitted to the chairperson.
2. Notice. Thecooperativeshallgivenoticeofaspecialmembers’meetingbymailingthe
special members’ meeting notice to each member personally at the person’s last known post
office address, or by another process determined by the board if the member is to vote by an
alternativevotingmethodasapprovedbytheboardandagreedtobythememberindividually
or the members generally. For a member that is an entity, the notice mailed, or delivered by
another process for vote by an alternative voting method, shall be to an officer of the entity.
The special members’ meeting notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the special
members’ meeting. The special members’ meeting notice shall be issued within ten days
from and after the date of the presentation of a members’ petition, and the special members’
meeting shall be held within thirty days after the date of the presentation of the members’
petition.
3. Waiver and objections. A member may waive notice of a meeting of members. A
waiver of notice by a member entitled to notice is effective whether given before, at, or after
the meeting, and whether given in writing, orally, or by attendance. Attendance by a member
at a meeting is a waiver of notice of that meeting, except where the member objects at the
beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened, or objects before a vote on an item of business because the item cannot
lawfully be considered at that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the
item at that meeting.