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North Texas Hunter Jumper Club, Inc Approved: 27-Aug-2007
North Texas Hunter Jumper Club, Inc.
Bylaws
Table of Contents
Article I.
Name and Offices
Section 1.
Name
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 2.
Principal Office
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
Registered Office
Article II.
Purposes
Article III.
Basic Properties
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Article IV.
Members and Dues
Section 1.
Membership
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 2.
Classes of Membership
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
Terms of Membership
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 4.
Loss of Membership
Section 5.
Dues
Section 6.
Rights of Membership
Article V.
Board of Directors
Section 1.
General Powers
Section 2.
Number
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
Election of Directors
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 4.
Term and Limitations
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 5.
Duties of Directors
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 6.
Meetings
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 7.
Quorum
Section 8.
Vacancies
Section 9.
Informal Action by Directors
Section 10.
Attendance Requirements
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 11.
Termination
Section 12.
Director Emeritus - Updated 27-Aug-2007
Article VI.
Officers
Section 1.
Officers
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 2.
Term of Office
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
President
Section 4.
Vice-President
Section 5.
Recording Secretary
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 6.
Corresponding Secretary
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 7.
Treasurer
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Article VII.
Meeting of the Senior Members
Section 1.
Annual Meeting
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 2.
General Meeting
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
Special Meetings
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 4.
Quorum
Section 5.
Use of Proxies
Article VIII.
Committees
Section 1.
Standing Committees
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 2.
Other Committees
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 3.
Chair Term Limitation
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 4.
Chairperson
Section 5.
Vacancies
Section 6.
Quorum
Section 7.
Nominating Committee
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 8.
Show Committee
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 9.
Year End Show Committee
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 10.
NTHJC Annual Awards Banquet Committee
Article IX.
Financial Matters
Section 1.
Funds
Section 2.
Fiscal Year
Section 3.
Audit of Financial Records
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Section 4.
Books and Records
Article X.
Checks, Deposits and Funds
Section 1.
All Checks and Drafts
Section 2.
Deposits
Section 3.
Gifts
Section 4.
Operation Prohibitions
Article XI.
Non-Liability of Board of Directors
Article XII.
Amendment of Bylaws
Updated 27-Aug-2007
Article XIII
Parliamentary Authority
Article XIV.
Seal
Article XV.
Waiver of Notice
Article XVI.
Archives
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North Texas Hunter
and
Jumper Club, Inc.
Bylaws
Article I
Name and Offices
Section 1.
Name
The name of this Corporation shall be the North Texas Hunter
and
Jumper Club, Inc., and it shall henceforth be
referred to as NTHJC.
Section 2.
Principle Office
The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Texas shall be located in the County of Dallas, or the
County of Collin, or the County of Tarrant,
or the County of Denton
, State of Texas. The Corporation may have such other offices either within or
without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors may determine or as the affairs of the Corporation may require from time to time.
Section 3.
Registered Office The Corporation shall have and continuously maintain in the State of Texas a registered office and a
registered agent whose office is identical with such registered office, as required by the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. The registered office may
be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Texas, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time
by the Board of Directors.
Article II
Purposes
NTHJC is a Texas Non-Profit Corporation whose purposes are to support and encourage the use, riding, exhibition, and showing of horses, both
those useful in the hunting field and as jumpers, and to encourage a better understanding among owners, trainers and exhibitors of such horses.
Article III.
Basic Policies
The following are basic policies of NTHJC:
a.
The Corporation shall be noncommercial, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan.
b.
The name of the corporation or the names of any members in their official capacities shall not be used to endorse or promote a
commercial concern or in conjunction with any partisan interest or for any purpose not appropriately related to promotion of the
purposes of the Corporation.
c.
The Corporation shall not directly or indirectlyparticipate or intervene (in any way, including the publishing or distribution
of statements) in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office; or devote more than an
insubstantial part of its activities to attempting to influence legislation by propaganda or otherwise.
Notwithstanding, the NTHJC
will make reasonable effort to inform the membership of pending legislation or political issues that may impact the equine
community through postings to its web site; however, it will take no position on such legislation or issue.
d.
The Corporation does not have capital stock or shares and shall never be privately owned. No part of the net earnings of the
Corporation shall enure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, directors, trustees, officers or other private persons
except that the Corporation.shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to
make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article II hereof.
e.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the Corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be
carried on (i) by a Corporation exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (ii) by
a Corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
f.
Upon the dissolution of this Corporation, after paying or adequately providing for the debts and obligation of the Corporation in
conformity with the statues hereafter described, the remaining assets shall be distributed to one or more non-profit funds,
foundations, or organizations which have established their tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
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Article IV
Members and Dues
Section 1.
Membership
Any person who is interested in the purposes of this organization shall be eligible for membership and may
become a member upon payment of the requisite dues. The organization shall have
five
classes of membership with such status and privileges as to
voting or other legal or equitable rights in the organization as the Board of Directors may determine.
Section 2.
Classes of Membership
The
five
classes of membership shall be:
a.
Senior membership: those members
who are
eighteen (18) years of age or over
at the start of the fiscal year (December 1)
, with
voting privileges.
b.
Junior membership: those members
who are
under eighteen (18) years of age
at the start of the fiscal year (December 1)
, with no
voting privileges.
c.
Family membership: those members, who are parents or guardians, each of whom shall be considered a Senior Member, and
all members of the same immediate family under eighteen (18) years of age, each of whom shall be considered a Junior
Member.
d.
Permanent Barn membership: Barns may pay a one-time fee for membership to be included on the NTHJC website. Such barn


memberships shall not have voting privileges. In addition, maintenance of active status for each membership will be dependent
on the barn completing, or otherwise updating, its barn information annually, so that website content remains accurate.
e.
Life memberships: those members who, by payment of requisite dues, become lifetime members no longer required to pay


annual dues. Such Life Members may be either Senior Members, with voting privileges, or Junior Members, without
voting privileges until attainment of their 18

th
birthday.

Section 3.
Terms of Membership
Memberships shall be good for the fiscal year beginning December 1 through November 30
, except
Permanent Barn memberships and Life memberships..
Section 4.
Loss of Membership
The Board of Directors, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of the members of the Board, may
suspend or expel a member for good cause after an appropriate hearing, of which the member who is being considered shall have received
reasonable, advanced notice. At such hearing the member who is under consideration shall be entitled to present evidence and/or agreements
concerning his membership.
Section 5.
Dues
Annual membership dues shall be determined by the Board of Directors and are payable by December 1. There shall
be no pro-ration of membership dues for a partial year.
Section 6.
Rights of Membership
Only senior members in good standing of the Corporation shall be eligible to participate in the
business meetings or serve in any elected or appointed position.
Article V
Board of Directors
Section 1