BYLAWS OF
GEO-JE’S CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Adopted September 16th, 2013
Article I – Name
The name of this organization shall be Geo-Je’s Civic Association, Inc., which is a non-profit corporation. It can also be referred to as the Geo-Je’s Homeowners Association. The principal office of the Association shall be located at such a place as the Board of Directors, which are also referred to as the Board, may designate.
Article II – Purpose
The purpose of the corporation shall be to ensure maintenance of the character and integrity of the single-family residential character of the area and improve the overall appearance, security and quality of life enjoyed therein, to include cooperation with other civic and community organizations in furthering the improvements and development of the area consistent with the purposes set forth in the Articles of Incorporation in ensuring a local government responsive to the needs and welfare of the individual citizens of the area represented as well as those in the City of Central.
Article III – Membership
Section 1 – Membership shall be on a calendar year and shall be limited to one vote for each lot located within Geo-Je’s Country Estates.
Section 2 – An active member is defined as a lot owner who has paid his or her yearly dues for that year before or during said year’s Annual Membership Meeting.
Section 3 – Voting Members – All active members shall be entitled to one vote per lot.
Section 4 – Term of Membership – Membership shall be one year, dues paid annually.
Section 5 – Dues – The amount of annual dues shall be determined by the Board of Directors by a majority vote.
Section 6 – Membership cannot be transferred by assignment or sale of the lot to a new property owner.
Article IV – Annual Membership Meeting
Section 1 – One annual membership meeting shall be held each year
Section 2 -Quorum – A vote necessary to transact business at the annual meeting shall be a majority of the active members present and deemed eligible to vote after due notice has been sent to residents. A quorum at the membership meeting shall consist of one-fifth of the voting membership in good standing (all paid members).
Article V – Officers
Section 1 -Officers – The officers shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Section 2 -Duties –
(a) President – The President shall preside at all meetings and is a member Ex-officio of all the committees. The President shall, with the approval of the Board, appoint all committees.
(b) Vice-President – The Vice-President, in the absence of the President shall assume all the duties of the President.
(c) Secretary – The Secretary shall keep minutes of the meetings of the membership and the Board of Directors and maintain a list of members.
(d) Treasurer – The Treasurer shall collect all dues and assessments, keep the books of the corporation, give a report at each Board meeting and the annual Membership Meeting and countersign checks with any other officer designated by the Board.
Section 3 -Election – The Board of Directors and the Officers of the corporation shall be elected at the annual membership meeting by a simple majority of members present after a quorum has been established.
An officer may be removed for cause by two-thirds vote of the directors present and voting at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present.
Article VI – Board of Directors
Section 1 – Number of members – All members of the Board shall be active members. The number of Directors shall consist of no less than five and no more than nine.
Section 2 -Duties and Vacancies –
(a) The Board shall have general charge and control of the affairs, funds and property of the corporation.
(b) A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(c) Vacancies among members of the Board shall be temporarily filled by majority vote of the remaining Board members and those elected shall serve until the next Regular Annual Membership meeting.
(d) A quorum of a board meeting shall consist of a majority of Board members present.
(e) In the event that any officer or board member resigns, the Board has the duty to replace said officer or board member with a majority vote of remaining directors.
Article VII – Financial Policies
Section 1 –
(a) The fiscal year shall be from January first (1st) to December thirty-first (31st).
(b) The books of this corporation shall be audited bi-annually by an independent auditor. Copies of the audit report will be made available to each member at the annual membership meeting.
(c) The Treasurer may authorize unbudgeted expenditures up to and including One Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($100). Unbudgeted expenditures over this amount must be approved by the Board with a majority vote.
Article VIII – Architectural Control Committee
Section 1 –
(a) The Architectural Control Committee shall consist of two or three active members who have been appointed by the president and approved by the Board.
(b) In the event the Architectural Control Committee cannot reach a decision, the matter will be turned over to the Board for a vote.
Article IX – Amendments and Rules of Order
The bylaws may be amended by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the Directors present and voting at any meeting of the Board of Directors, proposed amendment has been given to each Director a least ten (10) days prior to the meeting.
Robert’s Rules of Order (revised) shall be the parliamentary authority for all matters of procedure not specifically covered by the Bylaws of the Geo-Je’s Civic Association.
Article X – Dissolution of the Corporation
Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all the assets of the corporation exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in such a manner, as to such organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as exempt organization or organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1954 (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law) as the Board shall determine.
Any such asset not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the 19th judicial district court of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, or such other court for the parish in which the principle office of the Corporation is then located exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations as said court shall ever be distributed to or used for the benefit of any member, director or officer of this Corporation, or any private individuals or corporations which is not in furtherance of the purposed for which the corporations was established.