Mississippi Code
Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations
§ 79-19-7. Purposes

An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the growing, breeding, handling, shipping, or utilization, or moving or marketing of the byproducts thereof of live stock and poultry of every description, and with the marketing or selling of agricultural products of it members, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping, or utilization thereof, or the manufacturing or marketing of the byproducts thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies; or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified herein.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations

§ 79-19-1. Declaration of policy

§ 79-19-3. Definitions; nature of associations; short title

§ 79-19-5. Who may organize

§ 79-19-7. Purposes

§ 79-19-9. Powers

§ 79-19-13. Articles of association

§ 79-19-17. Bylaws

§ 79-19-19. General and special meetings, how called

§ 79-19-21. Directors; election

§ 79-19-23. Election of officers

§ 79-19-25. Stock, membership certificates, when issued; voting; liability; limitations on transfer and ownership

§ 79-19-27. Removal of officer or director

§ 79-19-29. Referendum may be had in certain cases

§ 79-19-31. Marketing contract

§ 79-19-35. Purchasing business of other associations, persons, firms or corporations; payment; stock issued

§ 79-19-37. Conflicting laws not to apply

§ 79-19-39. Limitation of the use of term "cooperative."

§ 79-19-41. Interest in other corporations or associations

§ 79-19-43. Contracts and agreements with other associations

§ 79-19-45. Association heretofore organized may adopt the provisions of this chapter

§ 79-19-47. How associations organized in another state may carry on business in this state

§ 79-19-49. Misdemeanor; breach of marketing contract of cooperative association; spreading false reports about the finances or management thereof

§ 79-19-51. Associations not in restraint of trade

§ 79-19-53. Exemptions

§ 79-19-55. Filing fees

§ 79-19-57. Cooperative marketing associations may maintain replevin

§ 79-19-59. Liquidated damages may be recovered

§ 79-19-61. Loan limited to 50 percent of capital and surplus

§ 79-19-63. Stock in bank for cooperatives

§ 79-19-65. Applicability of general nonprofit corporation laws to associations organized under this chapter