Table of Contents

Article I - Name and Type	Article IX - Duties of Officers
Article II - Mission and Goals	Article X - Association Meetings
Article III - Membership and Dues	Article XI - Area Meetings
Article IV - Executive Board	Article XII - Standing Committees
Article V - Board of Directors	Article XIII - Special Committees
Article VI - Officers	Article XIV - Amendments
Article VII - Agents and Employees	Article XV - Rules of Order
Article VIII - Area Organization	Article XVI - Dissolution

By-Laws

Association of Florida Conservation Districts Inc.

ARTICLE VI – Officers

Officers of the Association are President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, immediate past President, and six Area Vice Presidents. The President, First and Second Vice Presidents and Secretary-Treasurer are nominated from and elected by the membership at each annual meeting. They take office at the end of the annual meeting at which they are elected and serve for one year or until a successor is duly elected or appointed. The Secretary-Treasurer is bonded in an amount equal to not less than the total funds handled during the previous fiscal year. No officer serves more than two (2) complete consecutive terms in one office. Any officer failing to attend three consecutive board, annual, or special meeting without advance Executive Board approval is relieved of duty. The Board of Directors appoints a qualified member to fill any vacancy to complete an unexpired term.

Each area elects an Area vice-president and Deputy to serve for a two-year term. Neither serves more than three consecutive terms. Areas 1, 3, and 5 hold elections during odd numbered years. Areas 2, 4, and 6 hold elections during even numbered years. These elections are held during the appropriate annual meeting in each area with each supervisor whose district is in good standing allowed one vote. The Deputy serves in the absence of the Area vice-president and succeeds him/her if he/she resigns or otherwise leaves office.

The Association Board of Directors appoints a successor to complete the unexpired term (or until a special election is held) as Area vice-president, if both Area vice-president and Deputy positions are vacated. The Area vice-president nominates a successor to complete the unexpired term (or until a special election is held) as deputy. The nomination is submitted to the Board of Directors for confirmation. If a special area election is held, those elected will take office immediately and serve through the unexpired term. An officer will hold only one position on the Board of Directors at any time.

ARTICLE VII – Agents and Employees

The Board of Directors may utilize the services of and may employ such employees and agents permanent and temporary, as they may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The directors may delegate to the President, to one or more directors, or to one or more agents, or employees such powers and duties as they may deem proper. The directors shall maintain copies of such rules, orders, contracts, forms and such other documents as they shall adopt or employ.

ARTICLE VIII – Area Organization

The state is divided into six (6) areas, duly recorded and maintained by the Board of Directors, this delineation may be modified by a majority vote at the next annual meeting without pursuing a full Bylaw change (Article XIV).