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DC Code § 29-809.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Companies|Subchapter IX - Merger and Domestication|§ 29-809.09. Effect of domestication

(a) When a domestication takes effect: (1) The domesticated company shall be for all purposes the company that existed before the domestication; (2) All property owned by the domesticating company shall remain vested in the domesticated company; (3) All debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the domesticating company shall continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the domesticated company; (4) An action or proceeding pending by or against a domesticating company may be continued as if the domestication had not occurred; (5) Except as prohibited by other law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the domesticating company shall remain vested in the domesticated company; (6) Except as otherwise provided in the plan of domestication, the terms and conditions of the plan of domestication shall take effect; and (7) Except as otherwise agreed, the domestication shall not dissolve a domesticating limited liability company for the purposes of subchapter VII of this chapter. (b) A domesticated company that is a foreign limited liability company consents to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to enforce any debt, obligation, or other liability owed by the domesticating company, if, before the domestication, the domesticating company was subject to suit in the District on the debt, obligation, or other liability. A domesticated company that is a foreign limited liability company and not authorized to do business in the District may be served with process as provided in § 29-404.12 for purposes of enforcing a debt, obligation, or other liability under this subsection. Service on the Mayor under this subsection shall be made in the same manner and has the same consequences as in § 29-104.12. (c) If a limited liability company has adopted and approved a plan of domestication under § 29-809.06 providing for the company to be domesticated in a foreign jurisdiction, a statement surrendering the company’s certificate of organization shall be delivered to the Mayor for filing setting forth: (1) The name of the company; (2) A statement that the certificate of organization is being surrendered in connection with the domestication of the company in a foreign jurisdiction; (3) A statement the domestication was approved as required by this chapter; and (4) The jurisdiction of formation of the domesticated foreign limited liability company.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-809.08. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 1013 of the Uniform Limited Company Act (2006 Act).
DC Code § 29-809.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Companies|Subchapter IX - Merger and Domestication|§ 29-809.10. Restrictions on approval of mergers and domestications

(a) If a member of a constituent or domesticating limited liability company will have personal liability with respect to a surviving or domesticated organization, approval or amendment of a plan of merger or domestication shall be ineffective without the consent of the member, unless the: (1) Company’s operating agreement provides for approval of a merger or domestication with the consent of fewer than all the members; and (2) Member has consented to the provision of the operating agreement. (b) A member does not give the consent required by subsection (a) of this section merely by consenting to a provision of the operating agreement that permits the operating agreement to be amended with the consent of fewer than all the members.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-801.07. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 1014 of the Uniform Limited Company Act (2006 Act).
DC Code § 29-809.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Companies|Subchapter IX - Merger and Domestication|§ 29-809.11. Subchapter not exclusive

This subchapter shall not preclude a limited liability company from being merged under law other than this chapter.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 1015 of the Uniform Limited Company Act (2006 Act).
DC Code § 29-810.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Companies|Subchapter X - Transition Provisions|§ 29-810.01. Application to existing relationships

(a) This chapter shall apply to a limited liability company formed after the applicability date of this chapter and to a limited liability company that elects, as provided by subsection (c) of this section, to be governed by this chapter. (b) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, on and after one year after the applicability date of this chapter, this chapter shall govern all limited liability companies, whenever formed. (c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, after the applicability date of this chapter, a limited liability company voluntarily may elect, in the manner provided in its operating agreement or by law for amending the operating agreement, to be subject to this chapter. (d) For the purposes [of] applying this chapter to a limited liability company formed before the applicability date of this chapter: (1) The company’s articles of organization shall be deemed to be the company’s certificate of organization; and (2) For the purposes of applying § 29-801.02(10) and subject to § 29-801.09(d), language in the company’s articles of organization designating the company’s management structure operates as if that language were in the operating agreement.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-801.02. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 1104 of the Uniform Limited Company Act (2006 Act).
DC Code § 29-1001.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.01. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2010”.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 101 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.03. Nature of limited cooperative association

(a) A limited cooperative association organized under this chapter shall be an autonomous, unincorporated association of persons united to meet their mutual interests through a jointly owned enterprise primarily controlled by those persons, which permits combining: (1) Ownership, financing, and receipt of benefits by the members for whose interests the association is formed; and (2) Separate investments in the association by members who may receive returns on their investments and a share of control. (b) The fact that a limited cooperative association does not have one or more of the characteristics described in subsection (a) of this section shall not alone prevent the association from being formed under, and governed by, this chapter and shall not alone provide a basis for an action against the association.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 104 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.04. Purpose and duration of limited cooperative association

(a) A limited cooperative association shall be an entity distinct from its members. (b) A limited cooperative association may be organized for any lawful purpose, whether or not for profit. (c) Unless the articles of organization state a term for a limited cooperative association’s existence, the association shall have perpetual duration.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-1001.09. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 105 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.05. Powers

A limited cooperative association may sue and be sued in its own name and do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities affairs. An association may maintain an action against a member for harm caused to the association by the member’s violation of a duty to the association or of the organic law or organic rules.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(j)(2)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “activities and affairs” for “activities.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 106 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-1001.06 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.06. Governing law

The law of the District shall govern the: (1) Internal affairs of a limited cooperative association; and (2) Liability of a member as member and a director as director for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a limited cooperative association.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 107 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.07. Requirements of other laws

(a) This chapter shall not alter or amend any law that governs the licensing and regulation of an individual or entity in carrying on a specific business or profession even if that law permits the business or profession to be conducted by a limited cooperative association, a foreign cooperative, or its members. (b) A limited cooperative association shall not conduct an activity that, under law of the District other than this chapter, shall be conducted only by an entity that meets specific requirements for the internal affairs of that entity unless the organic rules of the association conform to those requirements.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 109 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.08. Relation to restraint of trade and antitrust laws

To the extent a limited cooperative association or activities conducted by the association in the District meet the material requirements for other cooperatives entitled to an exemption from or immunity under § 29-937, the association and its activities shall be entitled to the exemption or immunity. This section shall not create any new exemption or immunity for an association or affect any exemption or immunity provided to a cooperative organized under any other law.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 110 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.10. Required information

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a limited cooperative association shall maintain in a record available at its principal office: (1) A list containing the name, last known street address and, if different, mailing address, and term of office of each director and officer; (2) The initial articles of organization and all amendments to and restatements of the articles, together with a signed copy of any power of attorney under which any article, amendment, or restatement has been signed; (3) The initial bylaws and all amendments to and restatements of the bylaws; (4) All filed articles of merger and statements filed under Chapter 2 of this title; (5) All financial statements of the association for the 6 most recent years; (6) The 6 most recent biennial reports delivered by the association to the Mayor; (7) The minutes of members meetings for the 6 most recent years; (8) Evidence of all actions taken by members without a meeting for the 6 most recent years; (9) A list containing: (A) The name, in alphabetical order, and last known street address and, if different, mailing address of each patron member and each investor member; and (B) If the association has districts or classes of members, information from which each current member in a district or class may be identified; (10) The federal income tax returns, any state and local income tax returns, and any tax reports of the association for the 6 most recent years; (11) Accounting records maintained by the association in the ordinary course of its operations for the 6 most recent years; (12) The minutes of directors meetings for the 6 most recent years; (13) Evidence of all actions taken by directors without a meeting for the 6 most recent years; (14) The amount of money contributed and agreed to be contributed by each member; (15) A description and statement of the agreed value of contributions other than money made and agreed to be made by each member; (16) The times at which, or events on the happening of which, any additional contribution is to be made by each member; (17) For each member, a description and statement of the member’s interest or information from which the description and statement can be derived; and (18) All communications concerning the association made in a record to all members, or to all members in a district or class, for the 6 most recent years. (b) If a limited cooperative association has existed for less than the period for which records must be maintained under subsection (a) of this section, the period for which records must be kept shall be the period of the association’s existence. (c) The organic rules may require that more information be maintained.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-1001.02, § 29-1001.09, § 29-1005.05, and § 29-1008.22. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 114 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.11. Business transactions of member with limited cooperative association

Subject to §§ 29-1008.18 and 29-1008.19 and except as otherwise provided in the organic rules or a specific contract relating to a transaction, a member may lend money to and do other business with a limited cooperative association in the same manner as a person that is not a member.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 29-1001.09. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 115 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.12 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.12. Dual capacity

A person may have a patron member’s interest and an investor member’s interest. When such person acts as a patron member, the person shall be subject to this chapter and the organic rules governing patron members. When such person acts as an investor member, the person shall be subject to this chapter and the organic rules governing investor members.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 116 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1001.13 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 29-1001.13. Approval of entity transaction by limited cooperative association

(a) For a limited cooperative association to approve an entity transaction under subchapter XV of this chapter or Chapter 2 of this title, a plan must be approved by a majority of the board of directors, or a greater percentage if required by the organic rules, and the board of directors must call a members meeting to consider the plan, hold the meeting not later than 90 days after approval of the plan by the board, and mail or otherwise transmit or deliver in a record to each member: (1) The plan, or a summary of the plan and a statement of the manner in which a copy of the plan in a record may be reasonably obtained by a member; (2) A recommendation that the members approve the plan, or if the board determines that because of a conflict of interest or other circumstances it should not make a favorable recommendation, the basis for that determination; (3) A statement of any condition of the board’s submission of the plan to the members; and (4) Notice of the meeting at which the plan will be considered, which must be given in the same manner as notice of a special meeting of members. (b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a plan must be approved by: (1) At least two-thirds of the voting power of members present at a members meeting called under subsection (a) of this section; and (2) If the limited cooperative association has investor members, at least a majority of the votes cast by patron members, unless the organic rules require a greater percentage vote by patron members. (c) The organic rules may require that the percentage of votes under subsection (b)(1) of this section is: (1) A different percentage that is not less than a majority of members voting at the meeting; (2) Measured against the voting power of all members; or “(3) A combination of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection. (d) The vote required to approve a plan may not be less than the vote required for the members of the limited cooperative association to amend the articles of organization. (e) Consent in a record to a plan by a member must be delivered to the limited cooperative association before delivery to the Mayor for filing of articles of merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication, if, as a result of the merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication, the member will have interest holder liability for debts, obligations, or other liabilities that arise after the transaction becomes effective. (f) The voting requirements for districts, classes, or voting groups under § 29-1004.04 apply to the approval of a transaction under this title.  (Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(j)(2)(C), 59 DCR 13171.)  Editor's Notes Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-1002.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter II - Filing|§ 29-1002.01. Signing of records delivered for filing to Mayor

A record delivered to the Mayor for filing pursuant to this chapter shall be signed as follows: (1) The initial articles of organization shall be signed by at least one organizer. (2) A statement of cancellation under § 29-1003.02(d) shall be signed by at least one organizer. (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, a record signed on behalf of an existing limited cooperative association shall be signed by an officer. (4) A record filed on behalf of a dissolved association shall be signed by a person winding up activities under § 29-1012.06 or a person appointed under § 29-1012.06 to wind up those activities. (5) Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the Mayor for filing must be signed by that person.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(j)(3)(A), 59 DCR 13171.)  Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 deleted the subsection “(a)” designation; substituted “delivered on behalf of a person to the Mayor for filing must be signed by that person” for “shall be signed by the person on whose behalf the record is delivered to the Mayor” in (5); and repealed former (b), which read: “Any record to be signed under this chapter may be signed by an authorized agent.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 201 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-1002.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter II - Filing|§ 29-1002.02. Signing and filing of records pursuant to judicial order

(a) If a person required by this chapter to sign or deliver a record to the Mayor for filing does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may petition the Superior Court to order: (1) The person to sign the record; or (2) The person to deliver the record to the Mayor for filing; or (3) The Mayor to file the record unsigned. (b) If the petitioner under subsection (a) of this section is not the limited cooperative association or foreign cooperative to which the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the association or cooperative a party to the action. (c) A record filed pursuant to this section is effective without being signed.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(j)(3)(B), 59 DCR 13171.)  Effect of Amendments The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 rewrote the section. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 202 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act. Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.
DC Code § 29-1002.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter II - Filing|§ 29-1002.03. Liability for inaccurate information in filed record

If a record delivered to the Mayor for filing under this chapter and filed by the Mayor contains inaccurate information, a person that suffers a loss by reliance on the information may recover damages for the loss from a person that signed the record or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf and knew at the time the record was signed that the information was inaccurate.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 205 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.
DC Code § 29-1003.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]|Chapter 10 - Limited Cooperative Associations|Subchapter III - Formation and Initial Articles of Organization of Limited Cooperative Association|§ 29-1003.01. Organizers

A limited cooperative association shall be organized by one or more organizers.  (July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)  Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 301 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act.