No person shall be eligible to become or remain a trustee of the Corporation who:
- Is not a member and is not residing in the district from which he or she is elected; or
- At the time of his election or thereafter is directly or indirectly interested in any contract with or claims against the Corporation or the sale to the Corporation of any property, materials, supplies, equipment, or services for which Corporation funds are expended; or who has been within the last 5 years an employee of the Corporation, or who has retired from the Corporation, or who has a vested financial interest in the Corporation, or
- Has an immediate relative serving as a trustee with immediate relatives defined as parents, step-parents, sister, brother, spouse, child, step-child, niece, nephew, son or daughter-in-law, and mother or father-in-law of trustee, or at the date of the meeting of the nominating committee or thereafter is engaged, directly or indirectly, as an owner, employee or agent, in any telecommunications business offering or providing any service offered by the corporation in the area served by the corporation, or at the time of nomination has such an immediate relative employed by the corporation, provided however, the provision shall not apply to any Trustee, now or in the future, who was a Trustee on December 31, 2022.
- Is or has been within the 12 months prior to the meeting of the Nominating Committee at which the member is considered for nominations to the Board of Trustee, in arrearage for 2 consecutive months to the Corporation in the payment for goods or services provided by the Corporation to the member, or
- Is or has been convicted of a felony which has not been expunged.
- Effective December 31, 2023, who holds an elective public office, other than a federal, state, or county agriculture agency position. This provision shall not apply to any person who was a Trustee on or before December 31, 2023.
Upon establishment of proper cause that a trustee is holding office in violation of any of the foregoing provisions, the Board shall remove such trustee from office after he has had a hearing by the remaining members of the Board, including service of reasonable notice of the hearing and written charge or charges.
(August 31, 1965; August 29, 1974; December 22, 1988; July 12, 2001; March 9, 2006; May 22, 2007; September 24, 2010, January 26, 2017; Sept 22, 2022; May 30, 2023)