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§ 29–901. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the “General Cooperative Association...
§ 29–902. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Articles”...
§ 29–903. Incorporators - Any 5 or more natural persons or 2 or more...
§ 29–904. Purposes for incorporation - An association may be incorporated under this chapter to engage...
§ 29–905. Powers of association - An association shall have the capacity to act possessed by...
§ 29–906. Articles of incorporation — Contents - (a) Articles of incorporation shall be signed by each of...
§ 29–907. Articles of incorporation — Amendments; vote required for proposal and approval of amendments - (a) Amendments to the articles may be proposed by a...
§ 29–908. Bylaws; adoption, amendment, or repeal - Bylaws shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by at least...
§ 29–909. Bylaws — Contents - The bylaws may, within the limitations of this chapter, provide...
§ 29–910. Meetings; regular and special - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 29–911. Meetings; regular and special — Notice - The secretary shall give notice of the time and place...
§ 29–912. Meetings; regular and special — Units of membership - The articles or bylaws may provide for the holding of...
§ 29–913. Voting — Number permitted by each member - (a) Each member of an association shall have only one...
§ 29–914. Voting — Proxy prohibited - A member shall not vote by proxy. (July 2, 2011,...
§ 29–915. Voting — By mail or by electronic mail - (a) The articles or bylaws may provide for either or...
§ 29–916. Voting provisions — Application to voting by mail or electronic mail - If the articles or bylaws have provided for voting by...
§ 29–917. Voting provisions — Application to voting by delegates - If an association has provided for voting by delegates, any...
§ 29–918. Directors - (a) An association shall be managed by a board of...
§ 29–919. Officers - The officers of an association shall include a president, one...
§ 29–920. Removal of directors and officers; vote required for approval; vacancies - A director or officer may be removed, with or without...
§ 29–921. Referendum on acts of directors - The articles or bylaws may provide that, within a specified...
§ 29–922. Limitations upon the return on capital - (a) The return upon capital shall not exceed 6% per...
§ 29–923. Eligibility and admission to membership - Any individual, association, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated group organized on...
§ 29–924. Subscribers - Any individual or group eligible for membership and legally obligated...
§ 29–925. Share and membership certificates; issuance and contents - No certificate for share or membership capital shall be issued...
§ 29–926. Transfer of shares and memberships; withdrawal - (a) If a member desires to withdraw from the association...
§ 29–927. Share and membership certificates — Recall - The bylaws may give the directors the power to use...
§ 29–928. Share and membership certificates — Exemption for attachment, execution and garnishment - The holdings of any member of an association, to the...
§ 29–929. Liability of members - Members shall not be jointly or severally liable for any...
§ 29–930. Expulsion of members; procedure; purchase of holdings - A member may be expelled by the vote of a...
§ 29–931. Allocation and distribution of net savings - At least once a year the members or the directors,...
§ 29–932. Bonding of officers and employees - Every individual acting as officer or employee of an association...
§ 29–933. Audit - To record its business operation, every association shall keep a...
§ 29–934. Dissolution; methods; vote required for approval; distribution of assets - An association may, at any regular or special meeting legally...
§ 29–935. Existing cooperative groups; acceptance of act; filing and recordation of amended articles and bylaws - Any group incorporated under another law of the District and...
§ 29–936. Foreign corporations and associations; admission to do business - A foreign corporation or association operating on a cooperative basis...
§ 29–937. Compliance with chapter; not in restraint of trade - The fact that economic activity of a limited cooperative association,...
§ 29–938. Chapter 3 of this title applicable to associations - Chapter 3 of this title shall apply to associations formed...
§ 29–939. Taxation; annual license fee - Associations formed under this chapter, and foreign corporations and associations...