A. Any director who shall miss three (3) consecutive meetings or fifty percent (50%) or more within any fiscal year of the Board of Directors without reasonable cause shall be deemed to have resigned his position and a new member shall be selected to fill the vacancy by the board.  The Board of Directors may determine what shall constitute reasonable cause for failure to attend such meetings. 

       B. Any Director charged with malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance. 

       C. Any Director found to be in Conflict of Interest. 

       D. Any Director found to be conducting themselves in a gross unprofessional manner resulting in physical or verbal abuse of a member.

       E. Any Director found to be in flagrant violation of existing rules or bylaws.

            1.  Removal Action of a Board Director can be initiated in either of two ways:

                        a.  By a majority vote of the Board of Directors which must state the reason and evidence for removal.

                        b.  By any member providing a petition with signatures from at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the Class "A" membership, listing the reason and evidence for removal.  Such petition shall be taken up by the Board of Directors following notice at its next regular meeting.

            2.  A Board Director may be removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Class "A" membership, including proxies, present at an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting of the Association, notified according to Article III, Sections 1 or 2.

SECTION 8.  Meetings.  The Board of Directors shall meet the first Tuesday of each month unless this day falls on a legal holiday, then the meeting will be held the following Tuesday, at the Community Center for the purpose of transacting any old or new business of the Association.  Special Board meetings may be called by the President of the Association, or by the request of three or more Board members.

SECTION 9.  Quorum.  A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Association.

SECTION 10.  Committees.  The Board of Directors may by resolution determine and designate the number of regular and special committees to be appointed by the President with the approval of the Board of Directors, and the duties and length of tenure may be in like manner designated. 

ARTICLE V  -  OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

SECTION 1.  Officers.  Officers of the Association shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and may be selected from the Board of Directors or otherwise.  In the event that any officer who is not a member of the Board of Directors, he/she shall not have a vote at the Board of Directors meetings unless he/she is the presiding officer at such meeting and his/her vote is necessary to break a tie. 

SECTION 2.  Election of Officers.  Immediately following the Annual meeting of members, the Board of Directors shall meet and elect their officers.

SECTION 3.  Executive Board.  Officers of the Association, whether members of the Board or not, shall constitute the Executive Board of the Association. 

SECTION 4.  Duties of Officers.  The officers of the Association shall have the powers to discharge the duties of their respective offices with diligence and dispatch, and shall perform the duties usually pertaining to their respective offices and such other duties as the Board of Directors may determine.

ARTICLE VI  -  BYLAW AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1.  Amendments.   The Bylaws of this Association may be amended at an Annual or a Special meeting of the members provided that in the notice calling such a meeting, the proposed amendment's shall be set forth in writing, and shall be adopted at such Annual or Special meeting upon receiving at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present or represented by proxy at such meeting.

ARTICLE VII  -  PROPERTY JURISDICTION

SECTION 1.  Property.  No lot or real estate leased from the Association may be divided into smaller tracts for the purpose of sale by the lessee-custodian unless there is prior approval by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.  Property Leaseholds.  No person, and/or husband-wife combination, or other entity shall hold a lease to more than four (4) lots at any given time.

SECTION 3.  Sale of Lots Not Directly on Sunset Lake.  Property owned by Sunset Lake Association which is not bordering the lake cannot be sold without prior approval of a majority of Class "A" Members.

SECTION 4.  New Leases.  No additional real estate may be incorporated into Sunset Lake Association for the purpose of generating new leases without being voted on and accepted by a two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the members present or represented by proxy at the Annual or a Special meeting.

SECTION 5.  Consolidation of Lots.  No member may consolidate two (2) or more lots for the purpose of reducing the assessments.

ARTICLE VIII  -  ATTORNEY'S FEES

SECTION 1.  Attorney's Fees.  Should any member, or resident of such members' household unsuccessfully sue Sunset Lake Association, it's members, officers, directors, agents or servants, whether for action taken, claimed inaction, counter claim, and/or legal right violated under the Bylaws, Rules & Regulations, regularly adopted and in force, or under resolutions adopted, or regular or special assessments voted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or Membership meetings, or by any action or inaction or sponsored activity, said member or resident shall be assessed the attorney's actual charges for investigating and defending such claims or suit, as costs, by the Court, upon proof that such charges are based upon such attorney's charges for similar work for other clients, and are found to be reasonable by the court.

Should the Sunset Lake Association undertake legal action to enforce any of the Bylaws, Rules, or Regulations against a member or resident of such member's household, the member shall pay all costs incurred by the Sunset Lake Association, including attorney's fees.  Revised 10-16-03