17-1604. Purposes of association. An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of the association's members; harvesting, threshing, milling, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, or utilization of the agricultural products; manufacturing or marketing of the agricultural by-products; manufacturing, selling, or supplying to the association's members and other patrons of services, products, machinery, equipment or supplies; agricultural education, research, legislation and economic and social conditions; improvement of livestock breeds by means of artificial breeding or otherwise; financing of the above-enumerated activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified above.
Nothing in this act shall authorize such association to engage in the banking business. Corporations organized under this act primarily for the purposes stated above, unless prohibited from so doing by their articles of incorporation, also may deal in the products of nonmembers; manufacture, sell or supply to nonmembers services, products, machinery, equipment or supplies, whether or not supplied to members; and otherwise engage in business with nonmembers. Such associations shall not market, handle, process, store, or deal in the products of nonmembers; manufacture, sell or supply to nonmembers services, products, machinery, equipment or supplies, whether or not supplied to members; and otherwise engage in business with nonmembers; or handle supplies for nonmembers, to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by the association for members.
History: L. 1921, ch. 148, § 4; R.S. 1923, 17-1604; L. 1931, ch. 150, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 129, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 227, § 4; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 16 - Cooperative Marketing
17-1601 Purpose of cooperative marketing act.
17-1602 Definitions, nonprofit character of associations.
17-1603 Incorporation of associations.
17-1604 Purposes of association.
17-1605 Powers of association.
17-1606 Members or stockholders.
17-1607 Articles of incorporation.
17-1612 Officers; requirements; elections.
17-1613 Certificate of membership; stock and stockholders.
17-1614 Removal of director or officer.
17-1615 Matters subject to referendum, when.
17-1616 Marketing contracts; injunction to prevent breach.
17-1617a Interest in other cooperative association or corporation.
17-1618 Annual report; annual report fee. [See Revisor's Note]
17-1621 Adoption of act by existing corporations.
17-1625 Application and recording fee.
17-1626 Conflicting laws not to apply; exemptions under existing laws to apply.
17-1627 Limitation of use of term "co-operative."
17-1628 Application of general corporation code.
17-1630 Meetings of stockholders and directors; resident agent.
17-1631 Dissolution for failure to carry on business; receivers.
17-1632 Contracts fixing resale prices.
17-1635 Same; invalidity of part.
17-1636 Disposition of property, assets and good will; notice to stockholders.
17-1637 Merger or consolidation of cooperative associations and corporations.
17-1639 When mergers effective; rights and liabilities to surviving association.
17-1640 Surviving association right to issue bonds or other obligations.