Jerseyville Farmers and Artisan Market

Article I – Name Article II – Purpose Article III – Membership Article IV – Membership Meetings Article V – Board of Directors Article VI – Officers Article VII – Committees, Commissions and Advisory Boards Article VIII – Books and Records Article IX – Fiscal Year Article X – Referenda Article XI – Amendments Article XII – Director Conflict of Interest Article XIII – Conflict of Interest Policy Article XIV – Indemnification Article XV – Parliamentary Procedure The name of the corporation is the “Jersey County Business Association” or JCBA and is incorporated under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act of the State of Illinois. Its principal office shall be located within the corporate limits of the city of Jerseyville, Illinois. Jersey County Business Association is committed to the improvement of the business climate of Jersey County, Illinois. Specifically, the JCBA shall promote the development, establishment, expansion and retention of businesses, and improve business conditions for retail, service, and industry.  Such promotion will center upon community persons, professionals and business owner-based involvement in fundraisers, marketing, advertising campaigns designed to improve and promote the business climate of Jersey County. This Association, in its activities, shall be nonpartisan and nonsectarian. It shall not be committed to the support or endorsement of any candidate for public office, nor shall any meeting of the partisan political nature whatsoever be held within the premises occupied by or under the control of the Association. All purposes, functions, activities and programs shall be in accordance with requirements for not-for-profit corporation status and tax-exempt status as provided in the Illinois General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act of 1986 and the United States Internal Revenue Code. No part of the net earnings of the Association shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to its member investors, directors, 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 its corporate purposes. Upon the dissolution of the JCBA, the Board shall, after paying or making provisions for payment of all of the liabilities of the JCBA, dispose of all of the remaining assets of the JCBA exclusively for the purposes of the JCBA in such manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or corresponding section of any future federal tax code), as the Board shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Circuit Court of Jersey County, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations as said court shall determine which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes. ELIGIBLE MEMBERS. All persons, firms and corporations who sympathize with the objectives of the Jersey County Business Association shall be eligible for membership/investment.  Any person, firm, association, or corporation shall have the right at any time to change its representative(s) upon written notice to the Jersey County Business Association. A “Member” of the JCBA shall be defined as any person or entity that has properly filed for membership with the JCBA and has paid its annual dues. HONORARY. The Board of Directors may, at any meeting, by unanimous vote of the members present, admit to honorary membership any persons preeminent by ability and high character deemed worth of such distinction, and confers upon such persons the privileges of the Jersey County Business Association. Honorary members shall be exempt from all fees and dues\but shall not be eligible to vote or hold office. VOTING RIGHTS. Each member wil