Amends TCA Title 65.
This bill authorizes rural electric and community services cooperatives to allow directors and cooperative members to participate in a regular or special meeting by, and the cooperative to conduct the meeting through the use of, virtual or remote communication if the cooperative: (1) Implements reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to attend or vote at the meeting by means of virtual or remote communication is a director or cooperative member; (2) Implements reasonable measures to provide directors or cooperative members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the board or cooperative members, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with the proceedings; and (3) Maintains a record of any vote or other action taken by a director or cooperative member that is taken by means of virtual or remote communication.
This bill authorizes rural electric and community services cooperatives to allow directors and cooperative members to participate in a regular or special meeting by, and the cooperative to conduct the meeting through the use of, virtual or remote communication if the cooperative: (1) Implements reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to attend or vote at the meeting by means of virtual or remote communication is a director or cooperative member; (2) Implements reasonable measures to provide directors or cooperative members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the board or cooperative members, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with the proceedings; and (3) Maintains a record of any vote or other action taken by a director or cooperative member that is taken by means of virtual or remote communication.
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