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Article 1 - Short Title; Policy; Definitions
1 - Short Title. - Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
2 - Declaration of Policy. - § 2. Declaration of policy. It is the declared policy...
3 - Definitions. - (b) The terms "feed," "food," and "food products" mean any...
4 - Applicability. - § 4. Applicability. This chapter applies to (a) every corporation...
5 - Applicability of Business Corporation Law to Cooperative Corporations. - (a) If any provision of the business corporation law conflicts...
Article 2 - Formation and Dissolution of Cooperative Corporations; Classes; Powers; By-Laws
10 - Classes of Corporations. - § 10. Classes of corporations. A cooperative corporation shall be...
11 - Five or More Persons May Form a Corporation, Under This Chapter, by Making, Acknowledging and Filing a Certificate of Incorporation Which Shall State: - § 11. Five or more persons may form a corporation,...
12 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation. - § 12. Amendments to certificate of incorporation. The certificate of...
13 - Purposes for Which General Cooperative Corporations May Be Formed. - § 13. Purposes for which general cooperative corporations may be...
14 - General Powers. - (a) To define or limit its activities as set forth...
15 - Filing Certificate. - § 15. Filing certificate. No certificate of incorporation, and no...
16 - By-Laws. - § 16. By-laws. The by-laws may provide for their amendment...
17 - Voluntary Dissolution. - § 17. Voluntary dissolution. A cooperative corporation may, at any...
18 - Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. - § 18. Jurisdiction of the supreme court. In the case...
Article 3 - Members and Meetings
40 - Certificate of Membership. - § 40. Certificate of membership. Every corporation shall issue to...
41 - Representation of Members. - § 41. Representation of members. If a member be other...
42 - Forfeiture of Membership. - § 42. Forfeiture of membership. In accordance with provisions therefor...
43 - Resignation of Members. - § 43. Resignation of members. Any member of a non-stock...
44 - Voting by Members. - § 44. Voting by members. Except as otherwise provided in...
45 - Voting by Delegates. - § 45. Voting by delegates. A cooperative corporation may, by...
46 - Proportionate Voting. - § 46. Proportionate voting. A corporation incorporated under this chapter...
47 - Liability of Members. - § 47. Liability of members. 1. Members of a cooperative...
Article 4 - Directors, Officers and Employees
60 - Directors; Terms; Election; Duties. - § 60. Directors; terms; election; duties. Except as otherwise provided...
61 - Directors From Districts. - § 61. Directors from districts. The by-laws may provide for...
62 - Salaries. - § 62. Salaries. The corporation may provide a fair remuneration...
63 - Removal of Directors. - § 63. Removal of directors. Any member may bring charges...
64 - Officers. - § 64. Officers. The officers of every corporation shall include...
65 - Officers and Employees to Be Bonded. - § 65. Officers and employees to be bonded. Before handling...
Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
70 - Marketing Contract. - § 70. Marketing contract. 1. The certificate of incorporation or...
71 - Purchasing Business of Other Corporations or Persons. - § 71. Purchasing business of other corporations or persons. Whenever...
72 - Reserves, Net Margins, Net Retained Proceeds, Distributions, and Patronage Refunds. - § 72. Reserves, net margins, net retained proceeds, distributions, and...
73 - Misdemeanor to Spread False Reports About the Finances or Management Thereof. - § 73. Misdemeanor to spread false reports about the finances...
74 - Liability for Damages for Encouraging or Permitting Delivery of Products in Violation of Marketing Agreements. - § 74. Liability for damages for encouraging or permitting delivery...
75 - Audit and Annual Report. - § 75. Audit and annual report. Immediately after the close...
76 - Foreign Corporations. - § 76. Foreign corporations. Any cooperative corporation organized as such...
77 - Annual License Fee. - § 77. Annual license fee. 1. Each cooperative corporation organized,...
Article 5-A - Worker Cooperative Corporations
80 - Legislative Findings. - § 80. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares...
81 - Definitions. - § 81. Definitions. As used in this article the following...
82 - Corporations Organized Under the Business Corporation Law; Election to Be Governed as Worker Cooperative. - § 82. Corporations organized under the business corporation law; election...
83 - Status as Profit-Making Corporation. - § 83. Status as profit-making corporation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions...
84 - Applicability of the Business Corporation Law. - § 84. Applicability of the business corporation law. 1. A...
85 - Applicability of the Cooperative Corporations Law. - § 85. Applicability of the cooperative corporations law. Except where...
86 - Revocation of Election. - § 86. Revocation of election. A worker cooperative may revoke...
87 - Corporate Name. - § 87. Corporate name. A worker cooperative shall include the...
88 - Members; Membership Shares; Fees; Rights and Responsibilities. - § 88. Members; membership shares; fees; rights and responsibilities. 1....
89 - Voting Shares; By-Laws; Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. - § 89. Voting shares; by-laws; amendment of certificate of incorporation....
90 - Net Retained Proceeds or Losses; Distribution and Payment. - § 90. Net retained proceeds or losses; distribution and payment....
91 - Directors; Officers. - § 91. Directors; officers. 1. The by-laws of a worker...
92 - Internal Capital Accounts; Recall or Redemption of Shares; Interest; Collective Reserve Account. - § 92. Internal capital accounts; recall or redemption of shares;...
93 - Internal Capital Account Cooperatives. - § 93. Internal capital account cooperatives. 1. A worker cooperative...
94 - Conversion of Membership Shares and Internal Capital Accounts Upon Revocation of Election; Consolidation or Merger. - § 94. Conversion of membership shares and internal capital accounts...
Article 6 - Agricultural Cooperative Corporation
110 - Declaration of Policy. - § 110. Declaration of policy. It is the declared policy...
111 - Definitions. - (b) The term "agricultural products" shall mean horticultural, viticultural, dairy,...
112 - Incorporation. - § 112. Incorporation. Five or more producers of agricultural products...
113 - Reserves. - § 113. Reserves. In addition to reserves for depreciation, depletion,...
Article 7 - Provisions as to Credit and Agency Corporations
120 - Organization. - § 120. Organization. A cooperative corporation may be organized as...
121 - Special Powers. - § 121. Special powers. Any credit corporation organized under this...
122 - Purchase of Stock, Assets or Business of Other Corporations. - § 122. Purchase of stock, assets or business of other...
123 - Credit and Agency Corporations; Ownership of Voting Common Stock; Directors. - § 123. Credit and agency corporations; ownership of voting common...
Article 8 - Repeals and Savings Clauses
130 - Constitutionality. - § 130. Constitutionality. If any portion of this chapter shall...
131 - Laws Repealed. - § 131. Laws repealed. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of...
132 - Existing Actions. - § 132. Existing actions. Any action or proceeding begun before...
133 - Existing Cooperative Corporations or Associations. - § 133. Existing cooperative corporations or associations. A cooperative corporation...
134 - When to Take Effect. - § 134. When to take effect. This act shall take...