Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
Subd. 1a. Address. "Address" means mailing address, including a zip code. In the case of a registered address, the term means the mailing address and the actual office location, which may not be a post office box.
Subd. 2. Articles. "Articles" means the articles of incorporation of a cooperative as originally filed and amended.
Subd. 3. Association. "Association" means an organization conducting business on a cooperative plan that is incorporated under other laws of this state or another state.
Subd. 4. Board. "Board" means the board of directors of a cooperative.
Subd. 5. Cooperative. "Cooperative" means an association conducting business on a cooperative plan that is organized under this chapter or is subject to this chapter.
Subd. 6. Corporation. "Corporation" means a company, limited liability company, whether domestic or foreign, association, or body vested with a corporate power or function.
Subd. 7. Domestic corporation. "Domestic corporation" means a corporation organized under the laws of this state.
Subd. 7a. Filed with the secretary of state. "Filed with the secretary of state" means that a document meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and accompanied by the required filing fee, has been delivered to the secretary of state of this state. The secretary of state shall endorse on the document the word "Filed" and the month, day, and year of filing, record the document in the Office of the Secretary of State, and return a document to the person who delivered it for filing.
Subd. 7b. Foreign cooperative. "Foreign cooperative" means a foreign business entity organized to conduct business on a cooperative plan consistent with this chapter or chapter 308B.
Subd. 8. Foreign corporation. "Foreign corporation" means a corporation that is not a domestic corporation.
Subd. 8a. Health care cooperative. "Health care cooperative" has the meaning given in section 62R.04, subdivision 2.
Subd. 9. Member. "Member" means a member or a stockholder of a cooperative who is entitled to vote.
Subd. 10. Members' meeting. "Members' meeting" means a regular or special members' meeting.
Subd. 10a. Signed. (a) "Signed" means that the signature of a person has been written on a document, as provided in section 645.44, subdivision 14, and, with respect to a document required by this chapter to be filed with the secretary of state, means that the document has been signed by a person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the directors or the members.
(b) A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.
Subd. 11. Stockholder. "Stockholder" means the holder of a share of common stock of a cooperative.
1989 c 144 art 1 s 2; 1992 c 517 art 1 s 17; 1994 c 625 art 11 s 9; 1997 c 10 art 4 s 1,2; 1997 c 137 s 9; 2008 c 203 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations
Section 308A.005 — Definitions.
Section 308A.011 — Use Of Term Cooperative Restricted.
Section 308A.015 — Reservation Of Right.
Section 308A.021 — Filing Fee.
Section 308A.025 — Registered Office.
Section 308A.027 — Annual Renewal.
Section 308A.032 — Foreign Cooperatives; Sections Applicable.
Section 308A.101 — Organizational Purpose.
Section 308A.105 — Incorporators.
Section 308A.121 — Cooperative Name.
Section 308A.125 — Stock And Nonstock Organization.
Section 308A.131 — Articles Of Incorporation.
Section 308A.135 — Amendment Of Articles.
Section 308A.141 — Amendment Of Articles To Be Governed By This Chapter.
Section 308A.145 — Amendment Of Articles To Incorporate Defectively Organized Cooperative.
Section 308A.155 — Corporate Existence.
Section 308A.205 — Agricultural Marketing Contracts.
Section 308A.210 — Telecommunication Services Purchasing Cooperatives.
Section 308A.301 — Board Governs Cooperative.
Section 308A.305 — Number Of Directors.
Section 308A.311 — Election Of Directors.
Section 308A.313 — Apportionment Of Directors Among Districts Or Units.
Section 308A.315 — Filling Vacancies.
Section 308A.321 — Removal Of Directors.
Section 308A.325 — Limitation Of Director's Liability.
Section 308A.327 — Electric Cooperative; Board Meetings.
Section 308A.328 — Standard Of Conduct.
Section 308A.501 — Capital Stock.
Section 308A.503 — Health Care Cooperative Members.
Section 308A.505 — Subject To Securities Law.
Section 308A.601 — Grouping Of Members.
Section 308A.605 — Member And Stockholder Violations.
Section 308A.611 — Regular Members' Meetings.
Section 308A.615 — Special Members' Meetings.
Section 308A.621 — Certification Of Mailed Meeting Notice.
Section 308A.625 — Failure To Receive Meeting Notice.
Section 308A.635 — Member Voting Rights.
Section 308A.645 — Vote Of Corporate Stock Held By Cooperative.
Section 308A.705 — Distribution Of Income.
Section 308A.711 — Distribution Of Unclaimed Property.
Section 308A.801 — Merger And Consolidation.
Section 308A.901 — Liquidation.
Section 308A.905 — Methods Of Dissolution.
Section 308A.911 — Voluntary Dissolution By Members.
Section 308A.915 — Winding Up.
Section 308A.921 — Revocation Of Dissolution Proceedings.
Section 308A.925 — Statute Of Limitations.
Section 308A.931 — Articles Of Dissolution.
Section 308A.935 — Application For Court-supervised Voluntary Dissolution.
Section 308A.941 — Court-ordered Remedies Or Dissolution.
Section 308A.945 — Procedure In Involuntary Or Court-supervised Voluntary Dissolution.
Section 308A.951 — Receiver Qualifications And Powers.
Section 308A.955 — Dissolution Action By Attorney General.
Section 308A.961 — Filing Claims In Court-supervised Dissolution Proceedings.
Section 308A.965 — Discontinuance Of Court-supervised Dissolution Proceedings.
Section 308A.971 — Court-supervised Dissolution Order.
Section 308A.975 — Filing Court's Dissolution Order.
Section 308A.981 — Barring Of Claims.
Section 308A.985 — Right To Sue Or Defend After Dissolution.