§ 3018. Amendment of articles
A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by complying with the following requirements: The proposed amendment shall be presented to a meeting of the members, the notice of which shall set forth or have attached thereto the proposed amendment. If the proposed amendment, with changes, is approved by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of those members voting thereon at such meeting, a certificate of amendment shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by its president or vice president and its seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The certificate of amendment shall recite that it is executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state: (1) the name of the cooperative; (2) the address of its principal office; and (3) the amendment to its articles of incorporation. The president or vice president executing such certificate of amendment shall make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section in respect of the amendment set forth in such articles were duly complied with. (Amended 1999, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 81 - Electric Cooperatives
§ 3002a. Obligations treated as expenses
§ 3005. Articles of incorporation, contents
§ 3007. Members, qualifications
§ 3010. Members necessary for quorum
§ 3013. Directors, qualifications
§ 3014. Election and term of office
§ 3023. Transfer of rights and liabilities
§ 3024. Responsibilities for liabilities transferred
§ 3025. Creditors’ rights not impaired by merger
§ 3026. Private corporation, change
§ 3027. Dissolution—Cooperative not commencing business
§ 3028. Dissolution of cooperatives
§ 3031. Mortgage and investment
§ 3032. Sale or lease of assets
§ 3036. Acknowledgments, members authorized
§ 3037. Foreign companies, service of process
§ 3043. Formation of cooperatives by cooperatives
§ 3044. Approval by members of cooperative