(a) Any person including natural persons, partnerships, and corporations shall be entitled to be a member of the Bureau. (b) There shall be two (2) classes of membership: (1) “Contributing Members” who shall be those members contributing the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more annually; and (2) “Honorary Members” being those members contributing less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually. Only contributing Members shall be entitled to vote, however, membership meetings shall be open to all members. (c) All contributions of contributing members herein mentioned shall be cash and must be paid in full ninety (90) days prior to having any voting rights. (d) A quorum of the membership shall require attendance of at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the members. Except as otherwise provided by law, any act of the members shall require a vote of a majority of the voting power of the members present at any meeting duly held. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, government funds of any department, agency or instrumentality of the government may not be used to pay membership dues or acquire voting rights. Any such funds used to acquire or continue membership or acquire or continue voting rights after October 1, 1985 shall be reimbursed to the affected department, agency or instrumentality of the government. (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of 18 GCA § 2207, cumulative voting is prohibited. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 17-032: (Nov. 22, 1983). Subsection (e) added [as (f)] by P.L. 18-030:62 (Feb. 19, 1986); subsection (f) added by [as (e)] by P.L. 18-048:11(Jan. 2, 1987). Subsection (c), (d), (f) amended by P.L. 38-136:XII:46 (Aug. 28, 2026) 2026 NOTE: Civil Code § 307 was codified in the GCA as 18 GCA § 2207. The reference in subsection (f) was updated by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606. 2015 NOTE: Subsection designations in (b) were altered pursuant to 1 GCA § 1606.