The Secretary of State shall thereupon attach to one of the certified copies of the articles of incorporation with order of the judge thereon, which articles of incorporation with the order of the judge thereon constitute the charter of the corporation as granted by the superior court, a certificate in substantially the following form:
State of Georgia Office of the Secretary of State Ex Officio Corporation Commissioner This is to certify that (the name of the corporation) has been duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia, on the day of , , for a period of years from said date, in accordance with the certified copy hereto attached, and that a certified copy of the articles of incorporation constituting the charter of said corporation has duly been filed in the office of the Secretary of State and the fees therefor paid, as provided by law. Witness my hand and official seal, this day of , . Secretary of State, Ex Officio Corporation Commissioner of the State of Georgia
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History. Ga. L. 1950, p. 192, § 16; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 46.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation
Part 3 - Rural Telephone Cooperatives
§ 46-5-61. Declaration of Purpose
§ 46-5-63. Powers of Cooperatives Generally
§ 46-5-64.1. Venue Determinations
§ 46-5-65. Names of Cooperatives
§ 46-5-70. Filing of Articles With Clerk of Court
§ 46-5-71. Submittal to Clerk of Publisher’s Affidavit
§ 46-5-73. Duty of Clerk to Deliver to Applicants Certified Copies of Articles and of Order Thereon
§ 46-5-74. Filing of Copies of Articles and Order With Secretary of State; Payment of Fee
§ 46-5-75. Certificate of Secretary of State
§ 46-5-77. Time of Corporate Existence of Cooperative
§ 46-5-78. Bylaws of Cooperative Generally
§ 46-5-80. Meetings of Members — Generally
§ 46-5-81. Meetings of Members — Waiver of Notice
§ 46-5-84. Officers of Cooperative
§ 46-5-85. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
§ 46-5-86. Change of Location of Principal Office
§ 46-5-87. Consolidation of Cooperatives
§ 46-5-88. Merger of Cooperatives
§ 46-5-89. Effect of Consolidation or Merger
§ 46-5-91. Dissolution of Cooperatives
§ 46-5-92.1. Payment of Revenues; Priority of Payments
§ 46-5-94. Liability of Members and Shareholders for Debts of Cooperative
§ 46-5-96. Construction Standards
§ 46-5-97. Limitation of Actions
§ 46-5-98. Taking of Acknowledgments by Officers, Trustees, Members, or Shareholders of Cooperatives
§ 46-5-101. Annual License Fee; Exemption of Cooperatives From Taxation
§ 46-5-103. Jurisdiction of Commission