{"content":[{"text":"Section 5. Termination of Membership \n A. All annual dues shall be payable on the first day of November each year. If delinquency shall continue until December \n 31, such member shall cease to be a member and his or her name shall be stricken from the membership rolls. \n However, such delinquent member shall not be entitled to vote under Article V, Section 4. \n B. A member whose name has been stricken for non-payment of dues from the membership rolls may be reinstated by \n following the procedures set forth in Article II, Section 4. \n C. Any active member who does not hold a license to practice law or is not in good standing with the Tennessee Supreme \n Court shall be expelled for the period of any suspension or disbarment. \n D. Persons ceasing to be members for any cause forfeit all rights and privileges of membership. \n E. Any associate member who, in the sole discretion of the Executive Committee, is determined to have violated any \n membership requirement, to have engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, to have contravened any provision of \n the Rules of Professional Conduct or to have violated any code of ethics for any allied profession which is admitted to \n membership, may be terminated upon the majority vote of the Executive Committee.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.045444,"width":0.824038,"height":0.255111}},{"text":"Section 6. Amount of dues \n Emeritus and honorary members shall be exempt from the payment of dues. The dues of the active members shall be fixed by \n a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. A minimum of twenty (20) days’ \n notice of any proposed change shall be given to the membership and to the Board prior to the regular or special meeting at \n which a motion to change dues shall be considered. Any members joining after April 30 shall pay one-half (1/2) of the applicable \n annual dues for that fiscal year. Dues of any other class of members shall be fixed by the Board of Directors by a simple majority \n vote. Dues for the entire year shall be deemed earned when paid, and there shall be no refunds based on death, resignation, \n or other termination of membership. Refunds may be made if there is an overpayment or duplicate payment.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.324409,"width":0.8237960000000001,"height":0.15542599999999995}},{"text":"Article III | Board of Directors \n Section 1. Board of Directors \n The management of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors composed of thirty (30) members. It \n shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to exercise complete management and control over the policy, program and affairs \n of the Association between membership meetings, subject only to directives of the prior membership meeting; to employ and fix \n salaries of paid employees of the Association; and to approve the expenditures of funds of the Association.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.503689,"width":0.8238380000000001,"height":0.11556599999999995}},{"text":"Section 2. Directors \n The voting members of the Board of Directors shall be comprised of twenty-six (26) individuals as follows:","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.643108,"width":0.687625,"height":0.035995}},{"text":"A.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.702957,"width":0.013916999999999999,"height":0.01599499999999998}},{"text":"Six (6) directors shall be elected each year in accordance with Article V and shall serve for four (4) years each with \n terms beginning on January 1 of the following year and ending on December 31 four years hence, or until their \n successors are duly elected. \n The Board member who is elected President by the other members of the Board in accordance with Article IV, Section \n 1 shall serve one (1) additional year on the Board as the immediate Past President. \n In addition to the elected Directors, the current President of the Young Lawyers Division of the NBA shall serve as a \n voting member of the Board of Directors.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.702957,"width":0.764993,"height":0.13557799999999998}},{"text":"B.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.762653,"width":0.013916999999999999,"height":0.01599499999999998}},{"text":"C.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.80254,"width":0.014702000000000007,"height":0.01599499999999998}},{"text":"For purposes of the election of officers as provided in Article IV, Section 1 of these by-laws, only the directors currently in office \n shall be entitled to vote and fully participate in the election.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.862383,"width":0.8236300000000001,"height":0.03584399999999999}},{"text":"Section 3. Meetings","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.92208,"width":0.129471,"height":0.01599499999999998}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}