(1) No person doing business in this state, shall be entitled to use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Any person now organized and existing or doing business in this state, and embodying the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title, and which is not organized in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall eliminate the word “cooperative” from its said corporate or other business name or title.
History.—s. 20, ch. 9300, 1923; CGL 6485; s. 20, ch. 14675, 1931; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXVI - Business Organizations
Chapter 618 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations
618.02 - Who May Organize Association.
618.03 - Preliminary Investigation.
618.04 - Articles of Incorporation; Fees.
618.05 - Amendment of Articles of Incorporation.
618.06 - Purposes of Incorporation.
618.07 - Powers of Corporations.
618.08 - Corporations May Mortgage Farm Supplies.
618.10 - Membership of Corporation.
618.14 - Removal of Officers and Directors.
618.15 - Capital Stock and Membership.
618.16 - Referendum Upon Certain Motions.
618.18 - Remedies for Breach of Marketing Contract.
618.19 - Contracts and Agreements With Other Like Associations.
618.20 - Purchase of Interest in Like Corporations.
618.21 - Corporations Not in Restraint of Trade.
618.22 - Adoption of Provisions of This Chapter by Prior Corporations.
618.221 - Conversion Into a Corporation for Profit.
618.23 - Quo Warranto to Test Validity of Corporation.
618.24 - Application of General Corporation Laws.
618.26 - Conditions Under Which Foreign Similar Corporation May Do Business in This State.