A cooperative may, upon authorization of its members or board of directors, change the location of its principal office by compliance with the requirements of this Code section. An application for approval of such change shall be presented to and approved by the superior court of the county in which the principal office of the cooperative is to be located, or to the judge of the superior court in vacation. Upon approval, the application and approval shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court of that county and with the Secretary of State and shall be published in the same manner as an application for incorporation. The application, together with the approval of the judge thereon, shall also be filed with the clerk of the superior court of each county in which the principal office of the cooperative has previously been located. The fees to be paid at the time of such filing shall be as prescribed in Code Section 46-5-100.
History. Ga. L. 1950, p. 192, § 27.
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