BYLAWS
Howell Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.
The name of this
association shall be Howell Estates Homeowners Association, Inc., A non-profit
corporation chartered under the laws of the State of
Article
II, Purpose
The purpose of this
corporation, as stated in the Articles of Incorporation, is to exercise,
promote and protect the privileges and interests of the residents of Howell
Estates Subdivision, Seminole County, Florida, to foster a healthy interest in the
civic affairs of the subdivision; to develop good citizenship; and to inquire
into civic abuses and to seek reformation thereof.
Article
III, Membership
Section
1. A member is defined as the owner or co-owner
of property in Howell Estates, who is current in the
payment of annual dues.
Section
2. The annual dues
shall be twenty–five dollars ($25.00) payable during January of each year.
Section
3. Voting privileges
shall be restricted to one member per household. Proxies or absentee ballots shall not be
permitted.
Section
4. The owner of a
residence in Howell Estates may assign his membership privilege to his tenant
or other occupant of his residence.
Section
1. The officers of the Association shall be a
President, a Vice-president, a Secretary, a Treasurer, the Past-president, and
two, four or six Directors. These
officers shall perform the duties prescribed by the Bylaws and by the
parliamentary authority adopted by the Association.
Section
2. The officers shall be elected at the annual
meeting by ballot to serve for a period of one (1) year or until their
successors are elected and their term of office shall begin January First.
Section
3. No member shall
hold more than one office at a time and no member shall be eligible to serve
more than twenty (20) consecutive terms in the same office. Two or more members
of the same household shall not serve on the same Board of Directors.
Section
4. The President shall preside at all meetings,
make all committee appointments, be an ex-official member of all committees
except the nominating committee, and perform all other duties pertaining to the
office of President.
Section
5. The
Vice-president shall preside at all meetings in the absence of the President,
and shall perform all other duties pertaining to the office of the
Vice-president.
Section
6. The Secretary shall record the minutes of all
meetings and prepare same for submission to the Board of Directors, take
attendance records, give notice of all meetings, carry on all necessary
correspondence of the Association, and perform all other duties pertaining to
the office of Secretary.
Section
7. The Treasurer shall be custodian of all funds
and securities, shall maintain accurate records of the Association accounts,
and make a report of the current financial status at each meeting of the
Association. The Treasurer shall deposit
all funds of the Association in the bank or banks selected by the Board of
Directors, in the name of the Howell Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.,
subject to withdrawal upon the joint signature of two officers, one of whom
shall be the Treasurer and the other the President or Vice-president. No appropriation or expenditure of funds
shall be made for any purpose other than to defray normal expenses of the
Association except by majority vote of all members. The Treasurer shall be accountable for all
expenditures of the Association.
Section
8. The
Past-president shall advise the President and the Board on all issues relating
to the Presidency, and perform all other duties pertaining to the office of
Past-president.
Article
V, Meeting of Members
Section
1. The regular meetings of the Association shall
be held every third month, at the date, time and location determined by the
Board of Directors, beginning in January (January, April, July, October),
unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors.
Section
2. The meeting shall be held in October, at the
date, time and location determined by the Board of Directors, shall be known as
the Annual Meeting and shall be for the purpose of electing officers, and for
any other business that may arise.
Section
3. Special meetings may be held at the call of
the President or by written request of three members of the Board of Directors,
or by request of ten (10) percent of the Association membership. A minimum of ten (10) days notice must be
given to the general membership prior to the special meeting, stating the time
and purpose of such meeting. Only the
business for which the special meeting was called shall be transacted.
Section
4. Ten (10%) percent
of the membership shall constitute a quorum.
Section
5. The order of business shall be as follows:
Article
VI, Board of Directors
Section
1. The Officers of
the Association, including the Directors, shall constitute the Board of
Directors.
Section
2. The Board of Directors shall have general
supervision of the affairs of the Association between its business meetings,
fix the hour & place of meetings, make recommendations to the Association,
and perform such other duties as are specified in these Bylaws.
Section
3. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board,
regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on the second Monday
of each month from September to June, inclusive. Special meetings of the Board can be called
by the President and shall be called upon the written request of three (3)
members of the Board.
Section
4. At the regular meeting of the Board of
Directors held in the month of June, the President shall appoint a Chairman of
the Nominating Committee. This Chairman
will then select three (3) additional members for this committee, subject to
the approval by the Board of Directors.
It shall be the duty of this Committee to nominate candidates for the
offices to be filled at the annual meeting in October. The Nominating Committee shall report at the
meeting of the Board of Directors in the month of September. Additional nominations from the floor shall
be permitted before the election at the annual meeting in October. No candidate for office shall be nominated
without first determining that such person shall be willing to serve.
Section
5. A majority of members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum.
Section
6. Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be
filled by majority election by the remaining board members.
Section
7. Failure to attend three consecutive meetings
without a valid excuse shall constitute cause for the removal of a Board
Member. Any Officer or Director may be
removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors.
Section
8. The immediate Past-President shall serve as a
voting member of the Board of Directors.
Article
VII, Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of
the Association shall be from January 1 to December 31.
Article
VIII, Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained
in the current edition of “Robert’s Rules of Order, newly revised” shall govern
the Association in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are
not inconsistent with these Bylaws and any special rules of order the
Association may adopt.
Article
IX, Amendment of the Bylaws
These Bylaws may be
amended by a majority vote of those members of the Board of Directors present
at any special meeting called for that purpose, if duly constituted.