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Article IV - Membership

Section 1 - Membership

There shall be four categories of membership in the Association: Regular, Affiliate, Associate, and Delegate. To be eligible for any category, the purpose of an applicant or member must not be in conflict with the Article III Objectives set forth in this Constitution. The categories of membership are described as follows:

1. Regular Member
   Voting privileges
   $125.00 membership fee

   Regular Members shall be representatives of municipalities or other government bodies or parking authorities, transportation authorities, boards, bureaus, commissions or departments, also including universities, colleges, airports, hospitals, stadiums and auditoriums, or other institutions having similar responsibility for the establishment, operation, maintenance, control or direction of public parking.

2. Affiliate Member
   Voting privileges
   $150.00 membership fee

   Affiliate Members shall be representatives of corporations, or consultants, private developers or individuals engaged in supplying goods or services to the parking industry or interested in or involved with the operation and development of institutional or municipal parking, whether for profit or otherwise and who support the objectives of the Texas Parking Association.

3. Associate Member
   No voting privileges
   $75.00 membership fee

   Associate members shall be representatives of the Regular and Affiliate member’s or any other individual, corporation or Association that the Board may elect.

4. Delegate Member
   Voting privileges
   No membership fee
   

   A Delegate Member is a representative named by Regular or Affiliate Member who is authorized to vote for the Regular or Affiliate Member. When a Regular or Affiliate Member has failed to name a Delegate Member, the President may advise the Secretary of the Delegate Member until the Regular or Affiliate Member names a replacement.
   
   
   

Section 2 - Rights and Privileges

1. Voting Rights - Only Regular and Affiliate Members shall have the right to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of the members. A Regular or Affiliate Member shall have one vote, which can be exercised on the behalf of the Regular or Affiliate Member by a named Delegate Member.
   
   
2. Motions - Only Regular and Affiliate Members shall have the right to move a proposal at the regular or special meetings of the Association, which can be exercised on behalf of the Regular or Affiliate Member by a named Delegate Member.
   
   
3. Board of Directors - Only Regular and Affiliate members may be voted to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors from among the Board of Directors elects officers.
   
   
4. Committees - Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution or Bylaws, members from any category of membership may be appointed to a committee.
   
   
5. Other privileges - Any member may participate in discussions, unless ruled against for a particular item of business under consideration.

    

Section 3 - Admission

Application for membership shall be submitted to the Membership Committee Chairperson.

Section 4 - Termination

Membership in any category may be terminated by the member upon written resignation to the Membership Committee Chairperson, but such resignation shall not relieve the member so resigning of the obligation to pay any dues or other charges theretofore accrued and unpaid.

Section 5 - Expulsion

Membership shall terminate for non-payment of dues upon action of the Board of Directors. Such action shall be considered if member’s dues or special assessments become ninety days in arrears. Any member who has become delinquent may be reinstated by full payment of the current year’s dues, with the approval of the Board of Directors. The Membership Committee Chairperson shall be responsible for keeping the President and Board of Directors informed as to those members delinquent and those eligible for reinstatement.

Where a member is found to have acted in such a manner as to be prejudicial to the objectives of or to the successful operation of the Association, or in any way discredits the Texas Parking Association, the Board of Directors may suspend the member.

Section 6 - Dues

The Board of Directors shall establish annual dues.

Dues of all members shall be due and payable on January 1st of each year and shall become delinquent on the last day of March of the same year. Dues are not refundable other than for inadvertent duplication or unauthorized admission.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for keeping the Board of Directors informed as to those members delinquent and those eligible for reinstatement.

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