The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 425
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

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F.S. 425.18

425.18 Initiative by members.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any proposition embodied in a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the members of a cooperative, together with any document submitted with such petition to give effect to the proposition, shall be submitted to the members of a cooperative, either at a special meeting of the members held within 45 days after the presentation of such petition or, if the date of the next annual meeting of members falls within 90 days after such presentation or if the petition so requests, at such annual meeting. The approval of the board of trustees shall not be required in respect of any proposition or document submitted to the members pursuant to this section and approved by them, but such proposition or document shall be subject to all other applicable provisions of this chapter. Any affidavit or affidavits required to be filed with any such document pursuant to applicable provisions of this chapter shall, in such case, be modified to show compliance with the provisions of this section.

History.—s. 17, ch. 19138, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 6494(60).

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Amendments to 425.18

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 425.18

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 425.18.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

TRINITY CHRISTIAN CENTER OF SANTA ANA, INC. a a v. McVEIGH, S., 637 F. App'x 339 (9th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 425.18 because the underlying action was voluntarily dismissed rather than “dismissed pursuant to . . .

DIAMOND RANCH ACADEMY, INC. v. FILER,, 117 F. Supp. 3d 1313 (D. Utah 2015)

. . . Civ.Proc.Code § 425.15 to § 425.18 (West 2015). . . .

PHILLIPS, v. KIRO- TV, INC., 817 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (W.D. Wash. 2011)

. . . . § 425.18. . . . Code Civ.Proc. § 425.18(b)(1). . . .

PHILLIPS, v. SEATTLE TIMES COMPANY,, 818 F. Supp. 2d 1277 (W.D. Wash. 2011)

. . . . § 425.18. . . . Cal.Code Civ.Proc. § 425.18(b)(1). . . .