California Code
DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
PART 3 - FISH MARKETING

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 13200. - 13200. This part shall be known as “the Fish Marketing...

Section 13201. - 13201. This part is enacted in order to promote, foster,...

Section 13202. - 13202. As used in this part: (a) “Fishery products” includes...

Section 13203. - 13203. Associations shall be deemed “nonprofit,” inasmuch as they are...

Section 13204. - 13204. The provisions of the General Corporation Law and all...

Section 13205. - 13205. No association is subject in any manner to the...

Section 13206. - 13206. An association shall be deemed not to be a...

Section 13207. - 13207. Any provisions of law which are in conflict with...

Section 13208. - 13208. Any two or more associations may be merged into...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation, Articles, and By-laws

ARTICLE 1 - Formation

Section 13220. - 13220. Five or more persons, a majority of whom are...

ARTICLE 2 - Articles of Incorporation

Section 13225. - 13225. Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed...

Section 13226. - 13226. The articles of incorporation shall state: (a) The name...

Section 13227. - 13227. If the association is organized with shares of stock,...

Section 13228. - 13228. If the shares are to be classified, the articles...

Section 13229. - 13229. If the association is organized without shares of stock,...

Section 13230. - 13230. The articles of incorporation of any association may be...

ARTICLE 3 - By-laws

Section 13240. - 13240. Each association shall within 30 days after its incorporation,...

Section 13241. - 13241. The by-laws shall prohibit the transfer of the common...

Section 13242. - 13242. The by-laws may provide: (a) The number of members...

Section 13243. - 13243. The by-laws may provide: (a) The amount of entrance,...

Section 13244. - 13244. The by-laws may provide: (a) The number and qualification...

Section 13245. - 13245. The by-laws may provide for the time, place, and...

Section 13246. - 13246. The by-laws may provide that the territory in which...

Section 13247. - 13247. The by-laws may provide that the territory in which...

Section 13248. - 13248. The by-laws may provide that primary elections shall be...

Section 13249. - 13249. The by-laws may provide that one or more directors...

Section 13250. - 13250. The by-laws may provide that directors shall be elected...

Section 13251. - 13251. The by-laws may provide for an executive committee and...

CHAPTER 3 - Officers

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 13275. - 13275. The affairs of the association shall be managed by...

Section 13276. - 13276. Meetings of the board of directors may be held...

Section 13277. - 13277. When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs...

Section 13278. - 13278. The directors shall elect from their number a president...

Section 13279. - 13279. An association may provide a fair remuneration for the...

ARTICLE 2 - Removal of Officers

Section 13290. - 13290. Any member may bring charges against an officer or...

Section 13291. - 13291. Except as provided in Section 13293, the removal shall...

Section 13292. - 13292. The director or officer, against whom such charges have...

Section 13293. - 13293. If the by-laws provide for election of directors by...

CHAPTER 4 - Members

Section 13300. - 13300. (a) Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the...

Section 13301. - 13301. When a member of an association established without shares...

Section 13302. - 13302. No member shall be liable for the debts of...

Section 13303. - 13303. Meetings of members shall be held at the place...

Section 13304. - 13304. In case of the expulsion of a member, and...

CHAPTER 5 - Stock

Section 13310. - 13310. No association shall issue a certificate for stock to...

Section 13311. - 13311. One class of stock shall always be known as...

Section 13312. - 13312. There shall be printed upon each common stock certificate...

Section 13313. - 13313. Except as to the matters and things stated in...

Section 13314. - 13314. If an association issues nonpar value stock the issuance...

Section 13315. - 13315. An association may, at any time, as specified in...

Section 13316. - 13316. Whenever an association, organized with preferred shares of stock,...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers

Section 13325. - 13325. An association may: Engage in any activity in connection...

Section 13326. - 13326. An association may borrow without limitation as to amount...

Section 13327. - 13327. An association may act as the agent or representative...

Section 13328. - 13328. An association may establish reserves and invest the funds...

Section 13329. - 13329. An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own,...

Section 13330. - 13330. An association may buy, hold and exercise all privileges...

Section 13331. - 13331. An association may levy assessments in the manner and...

Section 13332. - 13332. An association may do each and every thing necessary,...

Section 13333. - 13333. An association may use or employ any of its...

Section 13334. - 13334. An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have...

Section 13335. - 13335. Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board...

CHAPTER 7 - Marketing Contracts

Section 13350. - 13350. An association and its members may make and execute...

Section 13351. - 13351. If the members contract a sale to the association,...

Section 13352. - 13352. The contract may provide that the association may sell...

Section 13353. - 13353. The marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific...

Section 13354. - 13354. In the event of any such breach or threatened...

Section 13355. - 13355. In any action upon such marketing agreements, it shall...

Section 13356. - 13356. A contract entered into by a member of an...