17-4624. Disposition of property. (a) The board of trustees of a cooperative shall have full power and authority, without authorization by the members thereof, to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage or mortgages or a deed or deeds of trust of, or the pledging or encumbering of, any or all of the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the cooperative, whether acquired or to be acquired, and wherever situated, as well as the revenues and income therefrom, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the cooperative.
(b) A cooperative may not otherwise sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of or encumber all or a substantial portion of its property unless such sale, mortgage, lease or other disposition or encumbrance is authorized by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all the members of the cooperative.
History: L. 1941, ch. 185, § 24; L. 1970, ch. 93, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 46 - Electric Cooperative, Nonprofit, Membership Corporations
17-4607 Articles of incorporation.
17-4612 Board of trustees; compensation, when; terms; quorum.
17-4614 Officers; election; agents and employees; removal.
17-4615 Amendment of articles of incorporation.
17-4616 Change of location of principal office.
17-4619 Effect of consolidation or merger.
17-4622 Filing of articles; fees.
17-4624 Disposition of property.
17-4625 Nonliability of members for debts of cooperative.
17-4626 Recordation of mortgages, effect thereof.
17-4628 Trustees, officers or members may take acknowledgments.
17-4630 Jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.
17-4631 Same; approval of mergers and consolidations.
17-4632 Securities act exemption.
17-4634 Annual report; annual report fee. [See Revisor's Note]
17-4635 Application of general corporation code.
17-4653 Purpose; incorporators.
17-4656 Articles of incorporation.
17-4660 Same; waiver of notice.
17-4663 Articles of incorporation; amendment.
17-4665 Principal office, change of location.
17-4666 Merger or consolidation.
17-4669 Excess revenues, distribution to members.
17-4670 Disposition of property.
17-4671 Nonliability of members for debt of cooperative.
17-4672 Recordation of instruments, effect.
17-4673 Actions or suits affecting easement or lease.
17-4674 Qualifications to take acknowledgments.
17-4675 State corporation commission; jurisdiction; approval of merger or consolidation.
17-4676 Exemption from securities act.
17-4677 Annual report; annual report fee. [See Revisor's Note]
17-4678 Payment of costs associated with distribution and transmission.
17-4679 Payment of costs of certificated retail electric provider.