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AR Code § 2-2-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-411. Bylaws

 (a) Within thirty (30) days after its incorporation, each association incorporated under this subchapter must adopt a code of bylaws, not inconsistent with the powers granted by this subchapter, for its government and management.  (b) Each association under its bylaws may also provide for any or all 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 or by both, and the conditions, manner, form, and effect of these votes;  (4) The number of directors constituting a quorum;  (5) The qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of directors and officers; time of their election; and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;  (6) Penalties for violations of the bylaws;  (7) The amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of the fees; and the purposes for which they may be used;  (8)  (A) The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association;  (B) The charge, if any, to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to him or her and the time of payment and the manner of collection; and  (C) The marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders, which every member or stockholder may be required to sign; and    (9)  (A) The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock;  (B) The method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw or the holders of common stock to transfer their stock;  (C) The manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members and the shares of common stock;  (D) The conditions upon which the membership of any member shall cease;  (E) The automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he or she ceases to be eligible for membership in the association and the mode, manner, and effect of the expulsion of a member; and  (F)  (i) 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 or her membership or, at the option of the association, by a conclusive appraisal by the board of directors.  (ii) In case of withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise his or her property interests in the association and shall fix the amount thereof in money, which shall be paid to him or her within one (1) year after the expulsion or withdrawal.
AR Code § 2-2-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-413. Regular and special meetings

 (a) In its bylaws, each association shall provide for one (1) or more regular meetings annually.  (b)  (1) The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time, and ten percent (10%) 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.  (2) This meeting must be called by the directors.    (c)  (1) Notice of all meetings together with a statement of the purposes thereof shall be mailed to each member at least ten (10) days before the meeting.  (2) The bylaws may require instead that the notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published at the principal place of business of the association.
AR Code § 2-2-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-414. Board of directors

 (a)  (1) The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five (5) directors elected by the members or stockholders from their own number.  (2)  (A)  (i) The bylaws 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 the districts.  (ii) In this case, the bylaws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district and the manner and method of reapportioning the directors and of redistricting the territory covered by the association.    (B) The bylaws may provide that primary elections should be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to the districts, and the result of all the primary elections must be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association.      (b)  (1) The bylaws may provide that one (1) or more directors may be appointed by the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville or by the Secretary of State or any other public official or commission.  (2) The directors so appointed need not be members or stockholders of the association but shall have the same powers and rights as other directors.    (c)  (1) An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service.  (2) No director during the term of his or her 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 or to any other kind of contract differing from terms generally current in that district.    (d)  (1) 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 bylaws provide for an election of directors by district.  (2) In that case, the board shall immediately call a special meeting of the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy.
AR Code § 2-2-415 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-415. Officers

 (a) The board of directors shall elect from their number a president and one (1) or more vice presidents.  (b)  (1) They shall also elect a secretary and treasurer, who need not be directors, and they may combine the two (2) latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer.  (2)  (A) 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.  (B) 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.
AR Code § 2-2-416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-416. Removal of officer or director

 (a)  (1) Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing the charges in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question.  (2) The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association, and by a vote of a majority of the members the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy.  (3)  (A) The director or officer against whom the charges have been brought shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses; and  (B) The person or persons bringing the charges against him or her shall have the same opportunity.      (b)  (1) In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by twenty percent (20%) of the members residing in the district from which he or she was elected.  (2) The board of directors must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director.  (3) By a vote of the majority of the members of that district, the director in question shall be removed from office.
AR Code § 2-2-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-417. Certificates of membership or stock ownership

 (a) When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid his or her membership fee in full, he or she shall receive a certificate of membership.  (b)  (1)  (A) No association shall issue stock to a member until the stock has been fully paid for.  (B) The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment.    (2) The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but such retention as security shall not affect the member's right to vote.    (c) Except for debts lawfully contracted between him or her and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his or her membership fee or his or her subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balances on any promissory notes given in payment thereof.  (d)  (1) No stockholder of a cooperative association shall own more than one-twentieth (1/20) of the common stock of the association.  (2) An association in its bylaws may limit the amount of common stock which one (1) member may own to any amount less than one-twentieth (1/20) of the common stock.    (e) No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one (1) vote.  (f)  (1) Any association organized with stock under this subchapter may issue preferred stock, with or without the right to vote.  (2) The stock may be redeemable or retirable by the association on such terms and conditions as may be provided for by the articles of incorporation and printed on the face of each certificate.    (g) The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock of the association to persons not engaged in the production of the agricultural products handled by the association, and the restriction must be printed upon every certificate of stock subject thereto.  (h) At any time except when the debts of the association exceed fifty percent (50%) of its assets, the association may buy in or purchase its common stock at book value as conclusively determined by the board of directors and pay for it in cash within one (1) year thereafter.
AR Code § 2-2-418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-418. Matters referred to entire membership

 Upon demand of one-third (1/3) of the entire board of directors, any matter that has been approved or passed by the board must be referred to the entire membership or the stockholders for decision at the next special or regular meeting. A special meeting may be called for that purpose.
AR Code § 2-2-419 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-419. Marketing contracts — Remedies

 (a)  (1) The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts requiring the members to sell, for any period of time not over ten (10) years, all or any specified part of their agricultural products or specified commodities exclusively to or through the association or any facilities to be created by the association.  (2) The contract may provide that the association may sell or resell the products of its members with or without taking title thereto and pay over to its members the resale price after deducting all necessary selling, overhead, and other costs and expenses, including:  (A) Interest on preferred stock, not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum;  (B) Reserves for retiring the stocks, if any;  (C) Other proper reserves; and  (D) Interest not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum upon common stock.      (b) The bylaws and the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the member or stockholder to the association upon the breach by him or her of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products. They may further provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses, and fees in case any action is brought upon the contract by the association. Any such provision shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of this state.  (c)  (1) In the event of any breach or threatened breach of the marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a decree of specific performance thereof.  (2) Pending the adjudication of an action and upon filing a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach and upon filing a sufficient bond, the association shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the member.
AR Code § 2-2-420 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-420. Penalties for inducing breach of contract

 Any person or corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association organized under this subchapter to breach his or her marketing contract with the association or who maliciously and knowingly spread false reports about the finances or management of the association shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the offense and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
AR Code § 2-2-421 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-421. Exchange of shares for acquired interests

 Whenever an association organized under this subchapter with preferred capital stock shall purchase the stock or any property or any interest in any property of any person, firm, corporation, or association, it may discharge the obligations so incurred, wholly or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest shares of its preferred capital stock to an amount which at par value would equal a fair market value of the stock or interest so purchased, as determined by the board of directors. In that case, the transfer to the association of the stock or interest purchased shall be equivalent to payment in cash for the shares of stock issued.
AR Code § 2-2-422 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-422. Annual report

 Each association formed under this subchapter shall prepare and make out an annual report on forms furnished by the Secretary of State and the College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, containing:   (1) The name of the association;  (2) Its principal place of business; and  (3) A general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, showing:  (A)  (i) The amount of capital stock paid up and the number of stockholders of a stock association; or  (ii) The number of members and amount of membership fees received if a nonstock association;    (B) The total expenses of operations;  (C) The amount of its indebtedness or liability; and  (D) Its balance sheets.
AR Code § 2-2-423 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-423. Interest in other corporations

 (a) An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation, with or without capital stock; and engage in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, ginning, compressing, storing, handling, shipping, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing, or selling of agricultural products handled by the association, or the by-products thereof.  (b)  (1) If the corporations are warehousing corporations, they may issue legal warehouse receipts to the association or to any other person and the legal warehouse receipts shall be considered as adequate collateral to the extent of the current value of the commodity represented.  (2) In case the warehouse is licensed or licensed and bonded under the laws of this state or the United States, its warehouse receipt shall not be challenged or discriminated against because of ownership or control, wholly or in part, by the association.
AR Code § 2-2-424 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-424. Agreements with other associations

 (a) Upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, any association may enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, contracts, and arrangements with any other cooperative corporation or association formed in this or any other state for the cooperative and more economical carrying on of its business or any part thereof.  (b) By agreement between them, any two (2) or more associations may unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same methods, means, and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective businesses.
AR Code § 2-2-425 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-425. Existing entities may participate

 (a)  (1) By a majority vote of its stockholders or members, any corporation or association organized under previous existing statutes may be brought under the provisions of this subchapter by limiting its membership and adopting the other restrictions as provided in this subchapter.  (2) It shall make out in duplicate a statement signed and sworn to by its directors upon forms supplied by the Secretary of State to the effect that the corporation or association has by a majority vote of its stockholders or members decided to accept the benefits and be bound by the provisions of this subchapter.  (3) Articles of incorporation shall be filed as required in § 2-2-408, except that they shall be signed by the members of the board of directors.    (b) The filing fee shall be the same as for filing an amendment to articles of incorporation.
AR Code § 2-2-426 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-426. Arrangements not in restraint of trade

 No association organized under this subchapter shall be deemed to be a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly or an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily. The marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members or any agreements authorized in this subchapter are not illegal or in restraint of trade.
AR Code § 2-2-427 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-427. Tax exemption

 Each association organized under this subchapter shall be exempt from all franchise or license taxes.
AR Code § 2-2-428 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-428. General corporation laws

 The provisions of the general corporation laws of this state and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the associations organized under this subchapter, except where the provisions are in conflict with or inconsistent with the express provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-2-429 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-429. Conflicting laws

 Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this subchapter shall not be construed as applying to the associations provided for in this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-2-430 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 2 - Agricultural Cooperative Associations|Subchapter 4 - Marketing Associations|§ 2-2-430. Conversion to nonprofit corporate status

 (a) An association formed under this subchapter may elect to be governed by the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq., by amending and restating its articles of incorporation to provide that it shall be so governed.  (b) The election shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at any regular meeting, or at any special meeting called for that purpose, in which members holding not less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the association are represented in person or by proxy, but the election once made shall be irrevocable.  (c) The amended and restated articles of incorporation shall comply with and shall be filed under the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq., and thereafter the association shall be governed by the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq.
AR Code § 2-5-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 5 - Domestic Fish Farming|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-5-101. Legislative intent

 In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has become an important part of the agricultural economy of this state, the General Assembly determines and declares that whenever any of the statutes, laws, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto shall use any of the following terms, the terms so used and when used shall be deemed and construed to include within the common or statutory definition the following:   (1) “Agriculture” or “agricultural pursuit” or any similar term means the cultivation, growing, harvesting, or marketing of domesticated fish;  (2) “Cultivated crop” means domesticated fish which are grown, managed, or harvested on an annual, semiannual, biennial, or short-interval basis; and  (3) “Livestock” means domesticated fish which are grown, managed, harvested, or marketed as a cultivated crop.
AR Code § 2-5-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 5 - Domestic Fish Farming|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-5-102. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “domesticated fish” means any fish that are spawned and grown, managed, harvested, and marketed on an annual, semiannual, biennial, or short-term basis in privately owned waters as privately owned waters are defined in § 15-43-301.