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NH Rev Stat § 301-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:13 - Payment of Capital; Prerequisite to Membership.

    301-A:13 Payment of Capital;  Prerequisite to Membership. –||Any natural person or association, or incorporated or unincorporated group, organized on a cooperative basis, or any nonprofit group, shall be deemed a member upon the full payment of the membership fee or minimum membership capital stated in the bylaws as necessary to qualify for membership. Upon payment in full, each member shall be entitled to a certificate for the amount of his paid share or membership capital.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:14 - Issuance of Membership Certificates.

    301-A:14 Issuance of Membership Certificates. –||I. No certificate for share or membership capital shall be issued until its par value is paid for in full. Each certificate issued by an association shall have printed upon it a full or condensed statement of the requirements of RSA 301-A:16 and 26.||II. Any natural person eligible for membership and legally obligated to purchase a share or shares or membership in an association shall be deemed a subscriber. The certificate or bylaws may determine what voting rights or other membership rights shall be granted to subscribers.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:15 - Transfer of Shares and Withdrawal From Membership.

    301-A:15 Transfer of Shares and Withdrawal From Membership. –||I. If a member desires to withdraw from the association or dispose of any or all of his holdings, the directors shall have the power to purchase such holdings by paying him the par value or book value, whichever is lower, of any or all of the holdings offered. The directors shall then reissue or cancel the holdings. A vote of the majority of the members voting at a regular or special meeting may order the directors to exercise this power to purchase.||II. If the association fails, within 60 days of the original offer, to purchase all or any part of the holdings offered, the member may dispose of the unpurchased interest elsewhere, subject to the approval of the transferee by a majority vote of the directors. Any would-be transferee not approved by the directors may appeal to the members at their first regular or special meeting thereafter, and the action of the meeting shall be final. If such transferee is not approved, the directors shall exercise their power to purchase if and when such purchase can be made without jeopardizing the solvency of the association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:16 - Recall of Share and Membership Certificates.

    301-A:16 Recall of Share and Membership Certificates. –||The bylaws may give the directors the power to use the reserve funds to recall, at par value, the holdings of any member in excess of the amount requisite for membership. The bylaws may also provide that if any member has failed to patronize the association during a period of time specified in the bylaws, the directors may use the reserve funds to recall all his holdings and thereupon he shall cease to be a member of the association. When so recalled, such certificates of share or membership capital shall be either reissued or cancelled.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:17 - Impairment of Solvency.

    301-A:17 Impairment of Solvency. –||No purchase or recall shall be made by the directors if it will impair the solvency of the association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:18 - Attachment of Share and Membership Certificates.

    301-A:18 Attachment of Share and Membership Certificates. –||The holdings of any member of an association to the extent of a minimum amount necessary for membership, but not to exceed $100, shall be exempt from attachment, execution, or garnishment for the debts of the owner. If any holdings in excess of this amount are subjected to such liability, the directors of the association may either admit the purchaser thereof to membership or may purchase such holdings from him at par value.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:19 - Liability of Members.

    301-A:19 Liability of Members. –||Members shall not be jointly or severally liable for association debts; nor shall a subscriber be liable except to the extent of the unpaid amount on his membership fee or capital stock subscribed by him.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:20 - Expulsion of Members.

    301-A:20 Expulsion of Members. –||Any member whose activity in the association is contrary to basic consumer cooperation principles or who endangers effective operation of the association may be expelled by the board of directors. Written notice of the charges against him and reasonable opportunity for a hearing shall be provided prior to any such expulsion. His shares shall be repurchased at par value or book value, whichever is lower, if and when there are sufficient reserve funds. He shall have the right of appeal at the next membership meeting and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, either in person or by counsel.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:21 - Regular Meetings.

    301-A:21 Regular Meetings. –||The bylaws of each association shall provide for regular meetings of members to be held at least once a year.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:22 - Special Meetings.

    301-A:22 Special Meetings. –||Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority vote of the directors or by written petition of at least 1/10 of the membership. It shall be the duty of the secretary to call such meetings to take place within 30 days after such demand. Regular or special meetings may be held within or without this state.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:23 - Notice of Meetings.

    301-A:23 Notice of Meetings. –||The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of meetings, together with a statement of the meeting agenda, to each member at his last known address not less than 10 days prior to the meeting.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:24 - Voting.

    301-A:24 Voting. –||Each member of an association shall have only one vote. Voting power shall be distributed on the basis of one vote per natural person or member. The certificate of organization may prescribe the voting rights of member associations in another consumer cooperative; provided, that voting by such member associations shall be based strictly on a one-member-one-vote rule regardless of the number of shares held by such associations. The bylaws of the association may provide methods by which members are allowed to vote by absentee ballot on the election of officers and other matters submitted to a vote of the members.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2001, 197:7, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:25 - Proxy Voting.

    301-A:25 Proxy Voting. –||No member shall be permitted to vote by proxy.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:26 - Restriction on Dividends.

    301-A:26 Restriction on Dividends. –||The maximum rate of dividends paid on share capital shall not exceed 10 percent per year, or such other percentage per year as may be approved under the bylaws of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, upon the paid capital. Dividends shall be non-cumulative. The net savings of the operation of the association, including the distribution of stock dividends, shall be distributed in a way that prevents one member, sub-group of members, organizers, incorporators, or management from becoming the principal beneficiary of or gaining disproportionately from such economic results.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:27 - Application of Franchise, License, and Corporation Taxes.

    301-A:27 Application of Franchise, License, and Corporation Taxes. –||For taxation purposes, each association formed under this chapter shall pay to the secretary of state an annual fee of $25 in lieu of all franchise, license, or corporation taxes, or taxes upon reserves held by the association for its members.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2006, 316:5, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:28-a - Abandonment of Interest.

    301-A:28-a Abandonment of Interest. –||If net savings or dividends have not been claimed by a member or patron for 5 years, the member or patron has not corresponded with the association in writing within 5 years, and the current address of the member or patron is unknown, the association shall make a good faith effort to locate the member or patron. Such good faith effort shall include, at a minimum, a first class letter mailed to the member or patron's last known mailing address, and notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community of the association's primary activity. If the association does not receive a response from the member or patron within 90 days of its location efforts, all net savings, dividends, and membership interests attributable to the member or patron shall be presumed to be abandoned, and the net savings and dividends shall be placed in the reserve fund and the membership interest shall revert to the association.|||Source. 2001, 197:4, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:29 - Bonding of Officers and Employees.

    301-A:29 Bonding of Officers and Employees. –||Each officer, employee, and agent handling funds or securities amounting to $1,000 or more in any one year shall be covered by adequate bond to be approved as to form and amount by the board of directors.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:30 - Annual Audit or Review.

    301-A:30 Annual Audit or Review. –||Every association shall cause its books to be audited or reviewed at the end of each year by qualified independent accountants who shall not be officers or directors. Where the annual business of the association amounts to less than $100,000, the audit may be made by a committee consisting of 3 members elected at the annual membership meeting. Where the annual business of the association amounts to between $100,000 and $250,000, the association shall cause its books to be audited or reviewed. Where the annual business of the association amounts to more than $250,000, the association shall cause its books to be audited. A full report of the audit shall be submitted to the annual meeting of the association. The report shall include a statement of the amount of business transacted with members, the amount of business transacted with nonmembers, the balance sheet, and the income and expenses of the association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 1990, 77:1, eff. June 9, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:31 - Annual Report.

    301-A:31 Annual Report. –||I. Every association organized under this chapter shall prepare and submit to its annual meeting, and shall deliver to the secretary of state, a report of its condition, signed under the penalties of perjury by the president or treasurer. Such report shall be made on or before April 1 of each year; provided, however, that any association which has received its certificate of organization at any time between December 1 of the preceding year and April 1 shall not be required to file an annual report during that year. The annual report shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state on request, and the information in the report shall be given as of the preceding January 1.||II. The report shall state the name and principal address of the association; the names and addresses of the officers and directors; a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year; the amount of paid-in capital and number of shareholders, if a share association; the total number of members, including the number admitted or withdrawn during the year, if a nonshare association; and the total receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the association. The report shall be available for inspection by any member during normal working hours.||III. The secretary of state shall biennially notify every association which has failed to file its annual report for 2 consecutive years of such delinquency and shall notify the corporation by mail that its charter shall be forfeited.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:32 - Revocation of Certificate of Organization.

    301-A:32 Revocation of Certificate of Organization. –||I. The certificate of organization of a foreign cooperative association may be revoked by the secretary of state if an association fails to file its annual report by the date required under RSA 301-A:31, or if such association fails to pay any fees when they become due and payable.||II. No certificate of organization shall be revoked under paragraph I by the secretary of state unless:||(a) The secretary of state gives the association not less than 60 days notice of the revocation by mail addressed to its principal office; and||(b) The association fails, prior to revocation, to file the annual report or to pay the fees or penalties.||III. Upon the revocation of a certificate of organization, the secretary of state shall mail to the association's principal office the notice of the revocation.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:26. 2006, 316:6, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:32-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:32-a - Grounds for Administrative Dissolution.

    301-A:32-a Grounds for Administrative Dissolution. –||The secretary of state may administratively dissolve a domestic association under RSA 301-A:32-b if:||I. The association for 2 consecutive years does not pay within 60 days after they are due any franchise fees or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law; or||II. The association for 2 consecutive years does not deliver its annual report to the secretary of state within 60 days after it is due.|||Source. 2006, 316:7, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:32-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:32-b - Procedure for Administrative Dissolution.

    301-A:32-b Procedure for Administrative Dissolution. –||The secretary of state shall administratively dissolve the association by mailing a notice of dissolution to the association at its principal address as listed in the records of the secretary of state. Such notice shall recite the grounds for dissolution and effective date, together with an application for reinstatement. The secretary of state shall not permit any other individual, corporation, or other business entity to assume the same name or a similar name, of an association administratively dissolved under this section, or any trade name registered by such association pursuant to RSA 349, for a period of 120 days following the notice of administrative dissolution without the written consent of such association.|||Source. 2006, 316:7, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:33 - Dissolution.

    301-A:33 Dissolution. –||The provisions of RSA 292 and 293-A for the dissolution of nonprofit and business corporations shall apply to associations formed under this chapter; provided, however, that the secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $25 for filing articles of dissolution and issuing a certificate of dissolution. In the event of dissolution of the association, the assets, after payment of the association's debts and expenses, shall be distributed in the following manner:||I. The par value or book value, whichever is lower, of the membership certificates or shares shall be returned to the members. Amounts paid on subscriptions shall be returned to subscribers. The amounts allocated in distribution of net savings under RSA 301-A:28 shall be returned to those members entitled to them.||II. Any surplus remaining after the distributions in paragraph I may be distributed as a contribution to any cooperative association or other nonprofit association to which contributions are deductible from income tax under current internal revenue service regulations.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:27, eff. July 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:34 - Use of Term "Cooperative".

    301-A:34 Use of Term "Cooperative". –||Only persons, firms, corporations, associations, and foreign corporations operating on a cooperative basis and authorized to do business in New Hampshire, and which comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall be entitled to use the term "cooperative." Provided, that any person, firm, or corporation using the word "cooperative" as part of its business name prior to July 1, 1983, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:35 - Interference With Contracts.

    301-A:35 Interference With Contracts. –||Any person or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association formed under this chapter or of a foreign cooperative association to breach his marketing contract with the association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if other than a natural person. Such person shall be liable to the association in a civil suit in the penal sum of $500 for each offense.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:36 - Adoption of Chapter by Existing Cooperative Groups.

    301-A:36 Adoption of Chapter by Existing Cooperative Groups. –||Any group or association operating on a cooperative basis as defined in RSA 301-A:1, IX, and incorporated under another law of the state of New Hampshire or any unincorporated group operating on such basis in the state of New Hampshire may, by a majority vote of the members voting, elect to secure the benefits of and be bound by RSA 301-A. The certificate of organization shall be filed as required by RSA 301-A:5. The filing fee shall be $5.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:37 - Foreign Corporations and Associations.

    301-A:37 Foreign Corporations and Associations. –||A foreign corporation or association operating on a cooperative basis and complying with laws similar to RSA 301-A of the state in which it is organized shall be entitled to do business in the state of New Hampshire as a foreign cooperative corporation or association, if it is authorized to do business in this state under RSA 293-A.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|