(a) The governing documents shall establish qualifications and the method of acceptance and termination of members. No person may be accepted as a member unless employed by the employee cooperative on a full-time or part-time basis. In order to qualify for membership, part-time employment shall be at least half-time.
(b) An employee cooperative shall issue a class of voting stock designated as "membership shares." Each member shall own only one membership share, and only members may own such shares.
(c) Membership shares shall be issued for a fee as shall be determined by the directors. An employee cooperative may allow for payment of such fee by payroll deduction, installments, or similar methods. A membership share may be issued to a person upon acceptance for membership regardless of whether the membership fee is fully paid.
(d) Members of an employee cooperative shall have all the rights and responsibilities of stockholders of a corporation governed by the Alabama Business Corporation Law, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.
Chapter 11 - Employee Cooperative Corporations.
Section 10A-11-1.01 - Short Title.
Section 10A-11-1.02 - Definitions.
Section 10A-11-1.03 - Election as Employee Cooperative.
Section 10A-11-1.04 - Revocation.
Section 10A-11-1.05 - Corporate Name.
Section 10A-11-1.06 - Members; Membership Shares; Rights and Responsibilities.
Section 10A-11-1.07 - Directors and Officers.
Section 10A-11-1.08 - Voting Power; Amendment or Repeal of Bylaws; Protection of Stockholders.
Section 10A-11-1.09 - Apportionment, etc., of Net Earnings or Losses.
Section 10A-11-1.10 - Internal Capital Accounts.
Section 10A-11-1.11 - Internal Capital Account Cooperatives.
Section 10A-11-1.12 - Conversion of Membership Shares, etc.; Merger of Employee Cooperatives.