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urn: urn:us-la:rs:22:120
citation: "R.S. 22:120"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 22 › Chapter 2 › Part I › Subpart C"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1958, number: 125, section: None, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1964, number: 134, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1989, number: 689, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2009, number: 503, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Elections of officers and directors

Election of officers and directors shall be made in the manner specified in the charter or bylaws of the insurer, provided that:

(1) Each policyholder shall be entitled to one vote in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 22:119;

(2) At least a majority of the directors shall be policyholders of the insurer;

(3) Each director, before being qualified to act, shall file with the secretary of the company a written acceptance of his trust;

(4) Vacancies in the board of directors are to be filled by the directors or the policyholders as the charter or bylaws of the insurer may provide;

(5) Directors may call special meetings of the policyholders whenever they deem it proper and must call such a meeting upon the written application of the owners of one-tenth of the amount of insurance in force as of the preceding December thirty-first report of the insurer;

(6) The board of directors shall meet at least six times a year and as often as may be required in the bylaws of the company;

(7) The directors shall annually elect a president, who shall be a member of the board, a secretary, and such other officers as the charter or bylaws may provide. However, the directors of a risk retention insurer to which the laws of this Subpart apply shall annually elect from the nonpolicy holder directors a president, a secretary, and such other officers as the charter or bylaws may provide.