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LA Rev Stat § 3:76 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§76. Articles of association; contents; execution and filing

RS 76 - Articles of association; contents; execution and filing  Each association formed under this Part shall prepare and file articles of association, setting forth:  (1) The name of the association and the place where its principal business will be transacted, which shall be its domicile.  (2) The purpose for which it is formed.  (3) The term for which it is to exist, not exceeding ninety-nine years.  (4) The number of directors which shall not be less than five and may be any number in excess thereof, and the term of office of the directors.  (5) If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of members shall be equal or unequal, the articles shall set forth the general rules applicable to all members by which property rights and interests, respectively, of each member shall be determined and fixed; and provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members, in accordance with the general rules.  (6) If organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which it is divided and the par value thereof. The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided the articles of association must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which preference is granted and the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted and the nature and definite extent of the preference and privileges granted to each.  The articles shall be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgements; and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.
LA Rev Stat § 3:77 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§77. Amendments to articles of association

RS 77 - Amendments to articles of association  The articles of association may be altered or amended at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders or members called for that purpose. Any amendment shall first be approved by two-thirds of the directors and then adopted by a vote representing a majority of all stockholders or members of the association. Amendments to the articles of incorporation when adopted shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Title 12, Chapter 1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:78 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§78. By-laws; contents

RS 78 - By-laws; contents  Each association incorporated under this Part shall, within thirty days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management, a code of by-laws not inconsistent with the powers granted by this Part. The by-laws shall prescribe the manner and method of removal from office of any officer or director of the association and shall prescribe the manner and method of filling vacancies. A majority vote of the members or stockholders, or their written consent, is necessary, to adopt by-laws. Each association in its by-laws may also provide for any of the following matters:  (1) The time, place and manner of calling and conducting its meetings.  (2) The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum.  (3) The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail, and the conditions, manner, form and effect of the votes.  (4) The number of directors constituting a quorum.  (5) The qualifications, duties, and term of office of directors and officers; the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof.  (6) Penalties for violations of the by-laws.  (7) Form and manner of amendment of by-laws.  (8) The amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; manner and method of collection of the fees, and the purposes for which they may be used.  (9) The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time, to carry on the business of the association; the charge to be paid by each member or stockholder for service rendered by the association to him; and the producing, marketing, renting, or leasing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder shall be required to sign.  (10) The qualifications of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock; the manner, method, and time of allotment and distribution of surpluses; the method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw or permitting the holders of common stock to transfer their stock; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members, and of the shares of common stock; the conditions upon which, and the time when, membership of any member shall cease; the automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible to membership in the association; the mode, manner, and effect of the expulsion of a member; the manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of his membership. In case of the withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise his property interests in the association and shall fix the amount thereof in money, which shall be paid to him at such time as may be fixed by the board of directors, not to exceed the termination of the current marketing or other agreements.
LA Rev Stat § 3:79 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§79. Meetings; notice required

RS 79 - Meetings; notice required  In its by-laws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time, and ten per cent of the members or stockholders may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time; the meeting shall thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purpose thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least five days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that the by-laws may require instead that such notices may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association.
LA Rev Stat § 3:80 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§80. Directors; executive committee

RS 80 - Directors; executive committee A. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, a majority of whom shall be elected by the members or stockholders from their own members and shall have all rights and powers as provided for under the general corporation laws of this state, and such other powers as may be necessary to the proper execution of this Part. The by-laws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected according to such districts. In such cases, the by-laws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, the manner and method of reappointing the directors and redistricting the territory covered by the association. The by-laws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to the districts and the results of all primary elections shall be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association, or they may be considered final as to the association. B. The by-laws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by the governor of the state, the dean of the college of agriculture of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. The directors appointed in this manner shall represent primarily the interest of the general public in associations. The director or directors so appointed need not be members or stockholders of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights as the other directors. Directors so appointed shall not number more than one-fifth of the entire number of directors. C. The directors of the association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers, directors, and employees in its service. No director, during the term of his office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association. D. The by-laws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to the committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board. E. When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs, other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy, unless the by-laws provide for an election of directors by districts. In such case, the board of directors shall immediately call a special election to be voted in by the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy. Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 3:81 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§81. Officers

RS 81 - Officers  The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association, and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and as such shall not be considered as an officer but as a functionary of the board of directors. In such case the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, excepting that the funds shall be deposited only as authorized by the board of directors.  Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:82 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§82. Stock or membership certificates; liability for debts; voting rights; transfer of stock or membership

RS 82 - Stock or membership certificates; liability for debts; voting rights; transfer of stock or membership  When a member of an association established without capital stock, has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership.  Except for debts lawfully contracted between him and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his membership fee or his subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balance on any promissory note or notes given in payment thereof.  No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote.  The by-laws shall prohibit the transfer of the membership or stock of the association to persons not engaged in the production of the agricultural products handled by the association, and such restrictions shall be printed upon every certificate of membership or stock subject thereto.
LA Rev Stat § 3:83 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§83. Co-operative activities not in restraint of trade

RS 83 - Co-operative activities not in restraint of trade  No association organized under this Part is in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state, a combination in restraint of trade, nor an illegal monopoly; an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members, or any agreement authorized by this Part, be considered illegal or in restraint of trade, or in violation of the anti-trust statutes of this state.
LA Rev Stat § 3:84 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§84. License fee and tax liability

RS 84 - License fee and tax liability  Each association organized under this Part shall pay an annual license fee of ten dollars to the secretary of state, and shall be exempt from all franchise or other license taxes, but not from ad valorem property taxes. The provisions of this Section shall likewise apply to associations and corporations organized under the laws of the United States for the sole purpose of extension of credit to farmers and farmers' co-operative associations.  Amended by Acts 1966, No. 228, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:85 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§85. Recording articles of association; fees; certificate of incorporation

RS 85 - Recording articles of association; fees; certificate of incorporation  A. The articles of association of each association organized hereunder shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall record the articles of association and issue a certificate showing the date and hour when the original articles were filed for record. Thereupon its corporate existence shall begin. For the purposes of this Title, any document required to be filed with the secretary of state shall be deemed filed when it is received either physically or electronically in any office designated by the secretary of state for the receipt of such documents.  B. A multiple original or certified copy of the articles of association shall be delivered to the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the association has its domicile, who shall file the multiple original or certified copy in his office.  C. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 560, §6, eff. May 28, 2018.  Acts 1989, No. 83, §1; Acts 1999, No. 342, §1; Acts 2018, No. 560, §6, eff. May 28, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 3:86 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§86. Applicability of general corporation laws

RS 86 - Applicability of general corporation laws  The provisions of Title 12, Chapter 1, and all powers and rights thereunder, apply to the associations organized hereunder, except where such provisions are in conflict with, or inconsistent with, the express provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 3:87 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§87. Limitation of application

RS 87 - Limitation of application  The provisions of this Part do not in any manner limit, restrict, enlarge, or modify the provisions of Part II of this Chapter, relative to the co-operative marketing law, nor of the law relative to the formation of non-trading corporations.
LA Rev Stat § 3:88 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§88. Eligibility to federal funds

RS 88 - Eligibility to federal funds  Co-operatives organized under this Part may participate in and be eligible to funds to be loaned by the United States or any agency thereof to associations operating co-operatively and organized for agricultural purposes.
LA Rev Stat § 3:121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§121. Declaration of policy

RS 121 - Declaration of policy  The purpose of this Part is to promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through co-operation.  Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§122. Terms defined

RS 122 - Terms defined  As used in this Part, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings here given to them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise.  (1) "Agricultural products" include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and other farm products;  (2) "Member" includes actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock;  (3) "Association" means any association organized under this Part; and,  (4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, and associations.  Associations organized hereunder are non-profit, inasmuch as they are not organized to make profits for themselves as such, or for their members as such, but only for their members as producers.  This Part may be referred to as the Co-operative Marketing Law.
LA Rev Stat § 3:123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§123. Who may organize

RS 123 - Who may organize  Ten or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products may form a non-profit, co-operative association, with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 3:124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§124. Purposes

RS 124 - Purposes  A. An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping, or utilizing thereof, or the manufacturing or marketing of by-products thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies; or more of the activities specified herein; or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; or to represent the interest of its members; or to engage in any lawful activity for which corporations may be formed under the laws of the state of Louisiana.  B. Every group of persons contemplating the organization of an association under this Part is urged to communicate with the dean of the college of agriculture of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, who will inform them whatever a survey of the marketing conditions affecting the commodities proposed to be handled may indicate regarding probable success.  Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§125. Powers

RS 125 - Powers  Each association incorporated under this Part shall have the following powers:  (1) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, or utilization of any agricultural product produced or delivered to it by its members; or the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof; or in connection with the purchase, hiring, or use by its members of supplies, machinery, or equipment, or in the financing of any such activities; or the representation of the interest of its members; or any lawful activity for which any corporation may be formed under the laws of the state of Louisiana. No association shall handle the agricultural products of any non-member, except as necessary and incidental to the handling of the products of the members; and in any case, the value of the products of nonmembers handled, shall not exceed the value of the products handled by the association for its members.  (2) To borrow money and to make advances to members.  (3) To act as agent or representative of any member in any of the above mentioned activities.  (4) To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, sell, transfer, pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on, or the retirement or redemption of, shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association engaged in any related activity or in the warehousing, handling, or marketing of any of the products handled by the association.  (5) To establish reserves and to invest the funds thereof in bonds or such other property as may be provided in the by-laws.  (6) To buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conducting and operating of any of the business of the association or incidental thereto.  (7) To do each and everything necessary or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects enumerated in this Part; or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association; and in addition to exercise and possess all powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized, or to the activities in which it is engaged; and to do any such thing anywhere.  (8) To sue and be sued, prosecute and be prosecuted before any court; and to contract.  (9) To have perpetual existence, unless a limited period of duration is stated in its articles of association.  Acts 2001, No. 41, §1; Acts 2017, No. 65, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§126. Members

RS 126 - Members  Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its articles or by-laws, an association may admit as voting members, or issue common stock or certificates of voting membership only to persons engaged in the production of agricultural products, including the lessees and tenants of lands used for production of such products and lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or part of the crop raised on the leased premises, provided that if the articles or by-laws so stipulate, persons not engaged in the production of agricultural products may be admitted as nonvoting members, the titles, classifications and conditions of such nonvoting memberships to be specified in the articles or by-laws.  Certificates of membership of a nonstock association shall not be transferable, and no person shall acquire common stock by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided herein.  If a member of a nonstock association be other than a natural person, the member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, manager, or member thereof, duly authorized in writing.  If the articles or by-laws so provide, members or stockholders may be represented at annual and special meetings by representatives or delegates, and in such cases, all rights of members and stockholders as defined in this Part shall be exercised by such representatives or delegates to the extent authorized by the articles or by-laws.  One association organized hereunder may become a member or stockholder of any other association organized hereunder.  Amended by Acts 1966, No. 87, §1.