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Part 1. General
35-18-101. Short title - 35-18-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the...
35-18-102. Definitions - 35-18-102. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
35-18-103. Construction - 35-18-103. Construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration...
35-18-104. Exemption from jurisdiction of public service commission - 35-18-104. Exemption from jurisdiction of public service commission. Cooperatives and...
35-18-105. Permissible purposes for incorporation - 35-18-105. Permissible purposes for incorporation. Cooperative nonprofit membership corporations may...
35-18-106. Powers of cooperatives - 35-18-106. Powers of cooperatives. (1) A cooperative may: (a) sue...
35-18-107. Foreign corporations - 35-18-107. Foreign corporations. (1) Any corporation organized under the laws...
35-18-108. Waiver of notice - 35-18-108. Waiver of notice. (1) Whenever any notice is required...
35-18-109. No area restriction -- telephone cooperatives - 35-18-109. No area restriction -- telephone cooperatives. A telephone cooperative,...
Part 2. Formation -- Articles of Incorporation -- Bylaws
35-18-201. Name - 35-18-201. Name. (1) The name of each cooperative shall include...
35-18-202. Incorporators - 35-18-202. Incorporators. Five or more natural persons or two or...
35-18-203. Articles of incorporation - 35-18-203. Articles of incorporation. (1) The articles of incorporation of...
35-18-204. Amendment of articles of incorporation - 35-18-204. Amendment of articles of incorporation. A cooperative may amend...
35-18-205. Change of principal office without amendment - 35-18-205. Change of principal office without amendment. A cooperative may,...
35-18-206. Existing corporations -- reorganization under chapter -- articles of conversion - 35-18-206. Existing corporations -- reorganization under chapter -- articles of...
35-18-207. Bylaws - 35-18-207. Bylaws. (1) The original bylaws of a cooperative must...
Part 3. Operation -- Members, Trustees, and Officers
35-18-301. Members - 35-18-301. Members. (1) A person who is not an incorporator...
35-18-302. Nonliability of members, trustees, and officers for debts of cooperative - 35-18-302. Nonliability of members, trustees, and officers for debts of...
35-18-303. Meetings of members -- general and special -- place -- notice -- quorum -- voting - 35-18-303. Meetings of members -- general and special -- place...
35-18-304. Initiative by members -- approval of trustees not required - 35-18-304. Initiative by members -- approval of trustees not required....
35-18-305. through 35-18-310 reserved - 35-18-305 through 35-18-310 reserved.
35-18-311. Board of trustees -- number -- qualifications -- removal -- compensation -- husband and wife - 35-18-311. Board of trustees -- number -- qualifications -- removal...
35-18-312. Trustees -- term -- quorum -- powers - 35-18-312. Trustees -- term -- quorum -- powers. (1) The...
35-18-313. Voting districts - 35-18-313. Voting districts. (1) (a) For corporations organized under the...
35-18-314. Officers - 35-18-314. Officers. The officers of a cooperative consist of a...
35-18-315. Authority to take acknowledgments -- officer, trustee, or member - 35-18-315. Authority to take acknowledgments -- officer, trustee, or member....
35-18-316. Allocation and retirement of patronage capital -- retention of unclaimed retirement payments - 35-18-316. Allocation and retirement of patronage capital -- retention of...
35-18-317. Disposition or encumbrance of property - 35-18-317. Disposition or encumbrance of property. (1) (a) Except as...
35-18-318. Long-term indebtedness -- membership approval and review -- cooperative requirements - 35-18-318. Long-term indebtedness -- membership approval and review -- cooperative...
35-18-319. through 35-18-324 reserved - 35-18-319 through 35-18-324 reserved.
35-18-325. Duties of trustees and officers - 35-18-325. Duties of trustees and officers. (1) A trustee or...
35-18-326. Trustee or officer conflict of interest - 35-18-326. Trustee or officer conflict of interest. (1) A conflict...
35-18-327. Definitions - 35-18-327. Definitions. As used in 35-18-327 through 35-18-333, the following...
35-18-328. Authority to indemnify - 35-18-328. Authority to indemnify. (1) Except as provided in subsection...
35-18-329. Mandatory indemnification - 35-18-329. Mandatory indemnification. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation,...
35-18-330. Court-ordered indemnification - 35-18-330. Court-ordered indemnification. Unless a cooperative's articles of incorporation provide...
35-18-331. Determination and authorization of indemnification - 35-18-331. Determination and authorization of indemnification. (1) A cooperative may...
35-18-332. Insurance - 35-18-332. Insurance. A cooperative may purchase and maintain insurance on...
35-18-333. Application - 35-18-333. Application. (1) A provision treating a cooperative's indemnification of...
Part 4. Merger, Consolidation, and Dissolution
35-18-401. Procedure for merger - 35-18-401. Procedure for merger. Any one or more cooperatives, each...
35-18-402. Procedure for consolidation - 35-18-402. Procedure for consolidation. Any two or more cooperatives, each...
35-18-403. Effect of merger or consolidation - 35-18-403. Effect of merger or consolidation. The effect of consolidation...
35-18-404. Dissolution of cooperative which has not commenced business - 35-18-404. Dissolution of cooperative which has not commenced business. (1)...
35-18-405. Dissolution and winding up of cooperative that has commenced business - 35-18-405. Dissolution and winding up of cooperative that has commenced...
Part 5. Filings and Fees
35-18-501. Filings relative to incorporation, amendment, conversion, merger, consolidation, and dissolution -- effect of filing -- transmittal to county clerk - 35-18-501. Filings relative to incorporation, amendment, conversion, merger, consolidation, and...
35-18-502. Fees to be charged by secretary of state - 35-18-502. Fees to be charged by secretary of state. (1)...
35-18-503. Exemption from taxes - 35-18-503. Exemption from taxes. Cooperatives and foreign corporations transacting business...
35-18-504. Repealed - 35-18-504. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 65, L. 1997. History: En....
35-18-505. Repealed - 35-18-505. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 65, L. 1997. History: En....
35-18-506. Repealed - 35-18-506. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 65, L. 1997. History: En....
35-18-507. through 35-18-509 reserved - 35-18-507 through 35-18-509 reserved.
35-18-510. Repealed - 35-18-510. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 65, L. 1997. History: En....