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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-317" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Formation, Organization, and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual meeting of the members shall be held as provided by the bylaws and at the time and place that the board determines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Special meetings of members shall be held:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On order of the directors or the supervisory committee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At the request of 10 percent of the members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notice of each meeting shall be given as the bylaws provide.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member in good standing has one vote, notwithstanding the number of shares that the member holds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member may not vote by proxy. However, a member that is not an individual may be represented by an individual authorized in writing by the member to represent it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member may not vote or hold office if the member is less than 18 years of age.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At any meeting of the members, the members may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Decide any question of interest to the credit union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except for any instance where, in the judgment of the board, it would result in damage to the credit union’s financial soundness or would otherwise force the board to abrogate their fiduciary responsibility, overrule any decision of the board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Amend the bylaws or articles of incorporation as provided in § 6-320 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the annual meeting of the members, the members shall elect directors, unless they are elected as provided in § 6-329 of this subtitle or as provided in the bylaws for mail balloting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
