South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives

Section 33-49-50. Exemption from control of Public Service Commission. - Cooperatives and foreign corporations transacting business in this State pursuant...

Section 33-49-60. Uniform Securities Act provisions are not applicable. - The provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 35 shall not...

Section 33-49-70. Recording of mortgages; effect thereof. - Any mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument executed by...

Section 33-49-80. Filing of papers by Secretary of State. - Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution and...

Section 33-49-90. Transmission and filing certified copies of articles in clerks' offices. - The Secretary of State immediately upon the filing in his...

Section 33-49-100. Fees. - The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for: (1)...

Section 33-49-110. All papers shall be filed in quadruplicate. - All papers filed in the office of the Secretary of...

Section 33-49-120. Cooperatives and foreign corporations shall be subject to all taxes except income taxes. - Each cooperative and each foreign corporation transacting business in this...

Section 33-49-130. Construction of chapter. - This chapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any...

Section 33-49-140. Certain rights and agreements not affected. - Nothing contained herein shall affect the service areas and agreements...

Section 33-49-150. Authority and jurisdiction over electric cooperatives. - (A) The Office of Regulatory Staff under the provisions of...

Section 33-49-160. Association requirements and conduct. - (A) An association formed by a group of electric cooperatives...

Section 33-49-210. Purpose of organization under this chapter. - Cooperative nonprofit membership corporations may be organized under this chapter...

Section 33-49-220. Organizers. - Five or more natural persons or two or more cooperatives...

Section 33-49-230. Articles of incorporation. - The articles of incorporation of a cooperative shall recite in...

Section 33-49-240. Name of cooperative. - The name of each cooperative shall include the words "electric"...

Section 33-49-250. Powers of cooperative. - In addition to the powers conferred on all private corporations...

Section 33-49-255. Restrictions on interruption of electric service to residential customer for nonpayment of bill; exceptions. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B) of this section,...

Section 33-49-260. Sale of assets. - (a) A sale (which term shall include a sale, lease,...

Section 33-49-270. Mortgage or pledge of assets. - A mortgage or pledge of or other security interest in...

Section 33-49-280. Bylaws. - The original bylaws of a cooperative shall be adopted by...

Section 33-49-410. Membership. - No person who is not an incorporator shall become a...

Section 33-49-420. Meetings. - An annual meeting of the members must be held at...

Section 33-49-430. Quorum. - Five percent of all members present in person shall constitute...

Section 33-49-440. Voting. - A member is entitled to one vote on each matter...

Section 33-49-450. Disposition of propositions presented by not less than ten per cent of members. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any proposition embodied...

Section 33-49-460. Patronage capital contributions, allocations, and retirements. - (A) Each cooperative's bylaws shall provide for patronage capital contributions,...

Section 33-49-470. Liability of members. - The private property of the members of a cooperative shall...

Section 33-49-610. Trustees. - (A) The business and affairs of a cooperative must be...

Section 33-49-615. Disclosure of compensation and benefits. - (A) The board of trustees must disclose at a location...

Section 33-49-620. Voting districts for trustees and for delegates. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the bylaws may...

Section 33-49-621. Single-member voting districts. - Within eighteen months of the effective date of this section,...

Section 33-49-625. Notice, votes, and minutes. - (A) Notwithstanding all other notice requirements, written notice of all...

Section 33-49-630. Compensation or employment of trustee; actions and conduct prohibited. - (A) The bylaws may make provision for the compensation of...

Section 33-49-640. Annual election and term of trustees. - The trustees of a cooperative named in any articles of...

Section 33-49-645. Conduct of elections. - (A) In the conduct of an election authorized by this...

Section 33-49-650. Division of trustees into classes. - The bylaws may provide that in lieu of electing the...

Section 33-49-660. Quorum of trustees. - A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a...

Section 33-49-670. Officers and employees. - The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president,...

Section 33-49-680. Definitions; indemnification of officers, trustees, employees, and agents, insurance. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "action" means a...

Section 33-49-690. Immunity. - All directors, trustees, or members of the governing bodies of...

Section 33-49-810. Amendment of articles of incorporation. - A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by complying...

Section 33-49-820. Change of principal office. - A cooperative may, without amending its articles of incorporation, upon...

Section 33-49-830. Consolidation of cooperatives. - Any two or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter...

Section 33-49-840. Merger into another cooperative. - Any one or more cooperatives, each of which is hereinafter...

Section 33-49-850. Effect of consolidation or merger. - The effect of consolidation or merger shall be as follows:...

Section 33-49-1010. Dissolution before commencing business. - A cooperative which has not commenced business may dissolve voluntarily...

Section 33-49-1020. Dissolution after commencing business. - A cooperative which has commenced business may dissolve voluntarily and...

Section 33-49-1030. Action of board and members. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 33-49-450, two-thirds of the membership...

Section 33-49-1040. Certificate of dissolution and affidavit. - Upon such approval a certificate of election to dissolve, in...

Section 33-49-1050. Filing of certificate and affidavit; effect thereof. - Such certificate and affidavit shall be submitted to the Secretary...

Section 33-49-1060. Notice of winding up. - After the filing of the certificate and affidavit by the...

Section 33-49-1070. Power of board of trustees to wind up affairs. - The board of trustees shall have full power to wind...

Section 33-49-1080. Articles of dissolution. - When all debts, liabilities and obligations of the cooperative have...

Section 33-49-1210. Corporations permitted to convert into cooperatives. - Any corporation organized under the laws of this State for...

Section 33-49-1220. Articles of conversion. - The proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a...

Section 33-49-1230. Approval at membership meeting. - The proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a...

Section 33-49-1240. Execution of articles and affidavit; submission to Secretary of State. - Upon such approval by the members or stockholders of such...

Section 33-49-1310. Foreign rural electric cooperatives may do business in State. - Any corporation organized on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis...

Section 33-49-1320. Designation of Secretary of State as agent to accept service of process. - Any such foreign corporation, as a prerequisite to the extension...

Section 33-49-1330. Suits; securing evidences of indebtedness. - Any such foreign corporation may sue and be sued in...

Section 33-49-1410. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Licensed health care provider"...

Section 33-49-1420. Termination procedures; contents. - (A) Each electric cooperative must establish written procedures for termination...

Section 33-49-1430. Third-party notification system. - Each electric cooperative must consider establishing and maintaining a third-party...

Section 33-49-1440. Disconnection when public safety emergency exists. - Notwithstanding another provision of this article, an electric cooperative may...

Section 33-49-1450. Private right of action; duty of care. - This article does not create a new private right of...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 49 - Electric Cooperatives