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UT Code § 3-1-14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 14 - Removal of director.

3-1-14. Removal of director.  Any member may ask for the removal of a director by filing charges with the secretary or president of the association, together with a petition signed by 10 per centum of the members requesting the removal of the director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next meeting of the members, and the association may remove the director by a majority vote of the members voting thereon. The director whose removal is requested shall be served with a copy of the charges not less than 10 days prior to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person and by counsel and to present evidence; and the persons requesting the removal shall have the same opportunity. In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts, then the petition for removal of a director shall be signed by 20 per centum of the members residing in the district from which he was elected. The board shall call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director; and by a majority vote of the members of that district voting thereon the director in question shall be removed from office.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-15 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 15 - Officers.

3-1-15. Officers.  The board shall elect a president, a secretary and a treasurer, and may elect one or more vice-presidents, and such other officers as may be authorized in the bylaws. Unless the articles otherwise specifically provide, the president and at least one of the vice-presidents shall be directors, but a vice-president who is not a director cannot succeed to or fill the office of president. Any two of the offices of vice-president, secretary and treasurer may be combined in one person.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-15.1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 15.1 - Duties of officers.

3-1-15.1. Duties of officers.  Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in the bylaws, or, to the extent consistent with the bylaws, the duties prescribed by the directors or by the officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-16 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 16 - Removal of officer.

3-1-16. Removal of officer.  Any member may bring charges of misconduct or incompetency against an officer by filing them with the secretary or president of the association, together with a petition signed by 10% of the members requesting the removal of the officer in question. The directors shall vote upon the removal of the officer at the first meeting of the board held after the hearing on the charges, and the officer may be removed by a majority vote, notwithstanding any contract the officer may have with the association, which shall terminate upon his removal, anything in the contract to the contrary notwithstanding. The officer against whom such charges are made shall be served with a copy of the charges not less than 10 days prior to the meeting, and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person and by counsel, and to present evidence, and the persons making the charges shall have the same opportunity.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 3-1-16.1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 16.1 - Resignation of officers.

3-1-16.1. Resignation of officers.    (1) An officer may resign by giving written notice of the resignation to the association.     (2) A resignation of an officer is effective when the notice is received by the association, unless the notice specifies a future effective date.     (3) If a resignation is to be effective as of a future date, the board of directors may:   (a) allow the officer to remain in office until that date and fill the pending vacancy before the effective date, providing that the successor does not take office until the effective date; or     (b) remove the officer prior to the effective date and fill the resulting vacancy.      Enacted by Chapter 204, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-18 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 18 - Inducing breach of contract -- False reports -- Penalty.

3-1-18. Inducing breach of contract -- False reports -- Penalty.  A person or corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce a member or stockholder of an association to violate his marketing contract with the association, or who intentionally spreads false reports about its finances or management:  (1) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than $2,500 for each offense; and     (2) may be held liable in a civil action to the association.    Amended by Chapter 202, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 19 - Association not in restraint of trade -- Right to disseminate information.

3-1-19. Association not in restraint of trade -- Right to disseminate information.    (1) No association complying with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be a conspiracy, or a combination in restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly; or be deemed to have been formed for the purpose of lessening competition or fixing prices arbitrarily, nor shall the contracts between the association and its members, or any agreement authorized in this act, be construed as an unlawful restraint of trade, or as part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose or act.     (2) An association may acquire, exchange, interpret and disseminate to its members, to other cooperative associations, and otherwise, past, present, and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information relating to the business of the association, either directly or through an agent created or selected by it or by other associations acting in conjunction with it.     (3) An association may advise its members in respect to the adjustment of their current and prospective production of agricultural commodities and its relation to the prospective volume of consumption, selling prices and existing or potential surplus, to the end that every market may be served from the most convenient productive areas under a program of orderly marketing that will assure adequate supplies without undue enhancement of prices or the accumulation of any undue surplus.    Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-20.1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 20.1 - Grounds for judicial dissolution.

3-1-20.1. Grounds for judicial dissolution.    (1) An association may be dissolved in a proceeding by the attorney general if it is established that the association:   (a) obtained its articles of incorporation through fraud; or     (b) has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law.       (2) An association may be dissolved in a proceeding brought by a shareholder if it is established that:   (a) the directors are deadlocked in the management of the association affairs, the members are unable to break the deadlock, irreparable injury to the association is threatened or being suffered, or the business and affairs of the association can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the members generally, because of the deadlock;     (b) the directors, or those in control of the association, have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is illegal, oppressive, or fraudulent;     (c) the members are deadlocked in voting power and have failed, for a period that includes at least two consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired or would have expired on the election of their successors; or     (d) the association's assets are being misapplied or wasted.       (3) An association may be dissolved in a proceeding by a creditor if it is established that:   (a) the creditor's claim has been reduced to a judgment, the execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied, and the association is insolvent; or     (b) the association is insolvent and the association has admitted in writing that the creditor's claim is due and owing.       (4) An association may be dissolved in a proceeding by the association to have its voluntary dissolution continued under court supervision.    Enacted by Chapter 70, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-20.2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 20.2 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

3-1-20.2. Procedure for judicial dissolution.    (1)   (a) A proceeding by the attorney general to dissolve an association shall be brought in either the district court of the county in which the principal office or registered office of the association is situated, or the district court of Salt Lake County.     (b) A proceeding brought by any other party specified in Section 3-1-20.1 shall be brought in the district court of the county where the association's principal office is or, if it has no principal office in this state, where its registered office is or was last located.       (2) It is not necessary to make members parties to a proceeding to dissolve an association unless relief is sought against them individually.     (3) A court, in a proceeding brought to dissolve an association, may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the association assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the association until a full hearing can be held.    Enacted by Chapter 70, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-20.3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 20.3 - Receivership or custodianship.

3-1-20.3. Receivership or custodianship.    (1)   (a) A court, in a judicial proceeding to dissolve an association, may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage, the business and affairs of the association.     (b) The court shall hold a hearing, after giving notice to all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian.     (c) The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the association and all of its property wherever located.       (2)   (a) The court may appoint an individual, or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state as a receiver or custodian.     (b) The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without securities, in an amount the court directs.       (3)   (a) The court shall describe the powers of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended.     (b) The receiver:   (i) may dispose of all or any part of the assets of the association wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court; and     (ii) may sue and defend in its own name as a receiver of the association in all courts of this state.       (c) The custodian may exercise all of the powers of the association, through or in place of its board of directors or officers, to manage the affairs of the association in the best interests of its members and creditors.       (4) During a receivership, the court may designate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may designate the custodian a receiver, if the action is in the best interests of the association, its members, and its creditors.     (5) During the receivership or custodianship, the court may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and the custodian's or receiver's counsel from the assets of the association or proceeds from the sale of the assets.    Enacted by Chapter 70, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-20.4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 20.4 - Decree of dissolution.

3-1-20.4. Decree of dissolution.    (1)   (a) If, after a hearing, the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in Section 3-1-20.1 exist, it may enter a decree dissolving the association and specifying the effective date of the dissolution.     (b) The clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy of the decree to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code for filing.       (2) After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the association's business and affairs in accordance with Section 3-1-20 and the giving of notice to its registered agent, or to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code if it has no registered agent, and to claimants in accordance with said section.     (3) The court's order may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.    Enacted by Chapter 70, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-21 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 21 - Existing associations continued under chapter.

3-1-21. Existing associations continued under chapter.    (1) This act shall be applicable to any existing association formed under any law of this state providing for the incorporation of agricultural cooperative associations, for a purpose for which an association may be formed under this act, and particularly to associations formed under the Agricultural Cooperative Association Act, and all such associations shall have and may exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges, authority, powers, and capacity heretofore granted, and all such associations shall have and may also exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges, authority, powers, and capacity granted or afforded under and in pursuance of this act to the same extent and effect as though organized hereunder.     (2) Any cooperative association heretofore organized by producers of agricultural products under Chapter 1, General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations, for purposes in this act provided, may bring itself under and within the terms of this act as if organized hereunder and may thereafter operate in pursuance of the terms hereof, and may exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges, authority, powers, and capacity afforded and provided for under the terms of this act, by filing with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, a sworn statement signed by the president and secretary of such association, to the effect that by resolution of the board of directors of such association duly adopted, such association has elected to bring itself within the terms of this act.    Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-22 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 22 - Accrued rights not affected by chapter.

3-1-22. Accrued rights not affected by chapter.  This act does not impair nor affect any act, offense committed, or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time this act takes effect, but the same may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if this act had not been passed.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-23 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 23 - Use of term "cooperative" limited.

3-1-23. Use of term "cooperative" limited.  No person, firm, corporation, or association, domestic or foreign, hereafter commencing business in this state shall use the word "cooperative" as a part of its corporate or business name unless it has complied with the provisions of this act or some other statute of this state relating to co-operative associations. A foreign association organized under and complying with the co-operative law of the state of such association's creation shall be entitled to use the term "cooperative" in this state if it has obtained the privilege of doing business in this state.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 3-1-24 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 24 - Eligible foreign corporations may operate under chapter.

3-1-24. Eligible foreign corporations may operate under chapter.  A foreign corporation that can qualify as an association, as defined in Section 3-1-2, may be authorized to do business in this state under the provisions of this act by complying with the laws relating to foreign corporations doing business in the state. It shall pay the same fees and charges as domestic associations. Upon such compliance it shall have all the rights and privileges of like domestic associations.  Amended by Chapter 7, 1977 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-25 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 25 - Filing of annual reports.

3-1-25. Filing of annual reports.  Domestic associations and foreign associations admitted to do business in this state shall file an annual report in accordance with Section 16-6a-1607.  Amended by Chapter 300, 2000 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-26 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 26 - Separability clause.

3-1-26. Separability clause.  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 3-1-27 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 27 - Construction of chapter.

3-1-27. Construction of chapter.  This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 3-1-28 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 28 - Short title.

3-1-28. Short title.  This act may be cited as the Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 3-1-29 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 29 - Inconsistent acts repealed -- Existing associations continued.

3-1-29. Inconsistent acts repealed -- Existing associations continued.  All acts and parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are repealed. It is intended by the enactment of this measure to continue in good standing all existing associations organized under similar acts heretofore existing, and in no way to detract from or interfere with the continued operations of such associations, and it is intended that this act shall supersede Title 2, Revised Statutes of Utah, 1933, in the interest of the further aid, encouragement, strengthening, and stabilizing of all such associations.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 3-1-30 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 3 - Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Section 30 - Authorization for merger or consolidation with other associations or corporations -- Laws governing surviving or new corporation.

3-1-30. Authorization for merger or consolidation with other associations or corporations -- Laws governing surviving or new corporation.    (1) Pursuant to a plan approved under this chapter, an agricultural cooperative association may merge or consolidate with:   (a) one or more agricultural cooperative associations;     (b) one or more domestic corporations governed by:   (i)Title 16, Chapter 10a, Utah Revised Business Corporation Act; or     (ii)Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act; or       (c) any combination of associations or corporations referred to in Subsection (1)(a) or (b).       (2) The surviving or new corporation shall be governed by:   (a) the Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act; or     (b)Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act.      Amended by Chapter 300, 2000 General Session