The Farmers Association Act Article 7-1
A township/city/district Farmers’ Association or county (city) Farmers’ Association that was established prior to the county (city) restructuring as a special municipality or merging with a special municipality or other county (city) to restructure as a special municipality on December 25, 2010, shall before June 25, 2012 proceed in the following manner:1.Where the county (city) was restructured as a special municipality: County (city) Farmers’ Associations and township (city) Farmers’ Associations that have not changed their organizational district shall be directly renamed as special municipality Farmers’ Associations and district Farmers’ Associations.2.Where the county (city) merged with a special municipality or another county (city) to restructure as a special municipality: A Farmers’ Association with lower-level Farmers’ Associations as its members shall reorganize into a special municipality Farmers’ Association; a primary-level Farmers’ Association which has not changed its organizational district shall be renamed as a district Farmers’ Association.A county (city) Farmers’ Association that fails to proceed as prescribed in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph shall be ordered to merge by the competent authority of the special municipality.Where a Farmers’ Association proceeds as prescribed in Paragraph 1, the term of the originally appointed or elected personnel may continue until the end of their current term.A Farmers’ Association renamed as a district Farmers’ Association in accordance with Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 2 may keep the same number of directors and supervisors as it had before the renaming.After the amended provisions of this Act take effect on January 19, 2012, the next term of the elected personnel of Kinmen County Farmers’ Association and Lienchiang County Farmers’ Association shall be extended for one year.
中文原文 農會法第7-1條
中華民國九十九年十二月二十五日縣（市）改制或與其他直轄市、縣（市）合併改制為直轄市前已設立之鄉、鎮（市）、區農會、縣（市）農會，應於一百零一年六月二十五日以前依下列方式辦理：
一、縣（市）改制為直轄市：縣（市）農會及鄉、鎮（市）農會未變更組織區域者，逕行更名為直轄市農會及區農會。
二、縣（市）與其他直轄市、縣（市）合併改制為直轄市：以下級農會為會員之農會，變更組織為直轄市農會；基層農會未變更組織區域者，更名為區農會。
縣（市）農會未依前項第二款規定辦理者，應由直轄市主管機關命其合併。
依第一項規定辦理者，其原任選任人員之任期得繼續至該屆任期屆滿為止。
依第一項第二款規定更名為區農會者，其理事、監事之名額，得繼續維持更名前之名額。
本法中華民國一百零一年一月十九日修正之條文施行後，金門縣農會及連江縣農會下屆選任人員之任期延長一年。
一、縣（市）改制為直轄市：縣（市）農會及鄉、鎮（市）農會未變更組織區域者，逕行更名為直轄市農會及區農會。
二、縣（市）與其他直轄市、縣（市）合併改制為直轄市：以下級農會為會員之農會，變更組織為直轄市農會；基層農會未變更組織區域者，更名為區農會。
縣（市）農會未依前項第二款規定辦理者，應由直轄市主管機關命其合併。
依第一項規定辦理者，其原任選任人員之任期得繼續至該屆任期屆滿為止。
依第一項第二款規定更名為區農會者，其理事、監事之名額，得繼續維持更名前之名額。
本法中華民國一百零一年一月十九日修正之條文施行後，金門縣農會及連江縣農會下屆選任人員之任期延長一年。