Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged and accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable provisions of this chapter, shall be presented to the Secretary of State for filing in the records of his office. If the Secretary of State shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of this chapter, he shall, upon the payment of the fees, file the articles so presented in the records of his office, and, upon such filing, the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. The Secretary of State immediately upon the filing in his office of any articles pursuant to this chapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the probate judge of the county in which the principal office of each cooperative or corporation affected by such incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution shall be located. The probate judge of any county, upon receipt of any such certified copy, shall file and index the same in the records of his office, but the failure of the Secretary of State or of a probate judge of a county to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate such articles. The provisions of this section shall also apply to certificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of compliance executed pursuant to subsection (b) (2) of Section 37-6-18.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 6 - Electric Cooperatives.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 37-6-2 - Organization and Purpose.
Section 37-6-3 - Enumerated Powers.
Section 37-6-5 - Incorporators.
Section 37-6-6 - Articles of Incorporation - Generally.
Section 37-6-7 - Articles of Incorporation - Amendment.
Section 37-6-9 - Qualifications for Membership; Meetings; Voting.
Section 37-6-10 - Board of Trustees.
Section 37-6-11 - Voting Districts.
Section 37-6-13 - Consolidation Generally.
Section 37-6-14 - Merger Generally.
Section 37-6-15 - Effect of Consolidation or Merger.
Section 37-6-16 - Conversion of Existing Corporation Into Cooperative.
Section 37-6-18 - Dissolution.
Section 37-6-19 - Filing of Articles.
Section 37-6-20 - Disposition of Excess Revenues.
Section 37-6-22 - Nonliability of Members for Debts of Cooperative.
Section 37-6-24 - Waiver of Notice.
Section 37-6-25 - Acknowledgment of Instruments.
Section 37-6-26 - Foreign Corporations.
Section 37-6-28 - Bonds or Other Indebtedness - Consent of Department of Finance.
Section 37-6-27 - Exemption From Jurisdiction of Public Service Commission.
Section 37-6-29 - Bonds or Other Indebtedness - Exemption From Provisions of Securities Law.