Common use of Special Membership Fee Clause in Contracts

Special Membership Fee. Membership in the General Purchasing Cooperative Program is a pre-requisite to enrolling as a member in the Special Purchasing Cooperative Program. The Special Purchasing Cooperative Program encompasses a group of ESC-sponsored purchasing cooperative programs which are currently active or which may become active, and which require the payment of an annual, non-refundable special membership fee (hereinafter the “special membership fee”). Each Special Purchasing Cooperative Program is governed by additional program-specific terms and conditions. To activate membership in any special purchasing cooperative program, a Member must pay the special membership fee required by each such program. The ESC, presently, sponsors the following special cooperative purchasing programs: A. Texas Energy Center/Electricity Aggregation Pool (Exhibit “A”) B. Child Nutrition Program – South Texas Cooperative (Exhibit “B”) C. Library Services and Media Cooperative (Exhibit “C”)