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SC Code § 33-46-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-640. Effect of consolidation or merger.

 The effect of consolidation or merger is as follows:  (1) The several telephone cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, are a single cooperative which, in the case of a consolidation, is the new telephone cooperative provided for in the articles of consolidation and, in the case of a merger, is that telephone cooperative designated in the articles of merger as the surviving cooperative, and the separate existence of all cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, except the new or surviving cooperative, ceases.  (2) The new or surviving telephone cooperative has all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and is subject to all the duties and liabilities of a telephone cooperative organized under the provisions of this chapter and possesses all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises of a public, as well as of a private nature, and all property, real and personal, applications for membership, all debts due on whatever account, and all other choses in action of each of the consolidating or merging cooperatives, and, furthermore, all and every interest of, or belonging or due to, each of the cooperatives so consolidated or merged must be taken and considered to be transferred to and vested in such new or surviving cooperative without further act or deed; and the title to any real estate or any interest therein under the laws of this State vested in any such cooperative shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of such consolidation or merger;  (3) The new or surviving telephone cooperative thenceforth is responsible and liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of each of the telephone cooperatives so consolidated or merged and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of such cooperatives may be prosecuted as if such consolidation or merger had not taken place, but such new or surviving cooperative may be substituted in its place;  (4) Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any of such telephone cooperatives are impaired by such consolidation or merger; and  (5) In the case of a consolidation the articles of consolidation must be considered to be the articles of incorporation of the new telephone cooperative, and in the case of a merger the articles of incorporation of the surviving telephone cooperative must be considered to be amended to the extent, if any, that changes therein are provided for in the articles of merger.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-650. Merger of telephone cooperative into different corporation.

 Any telephone cooperative may merge into a corporation which is not another telephone cooperative by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposition for the merger of the telephone cooperative into the corporation and proposed articles of merger to give effect thereto must be first approved by the board of directors of the cooperative. The proposed articles of merger shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:  (a) the name of the telephone cooperative, the address of its principal office, and the date of the filing of the articles of incorporation in the Office of the Secretary of State;  (b) the name of the corporation and the address of its principal office;  (c) a statement that the telephone cooperative elects to be merged into the corporation;  (d) the terms and conditions of the merger and the mode of carrying the same into effect, including the manner and basis of converting memberships in the telephone cooperative into shares of stock in the corporation; and  (e) any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter considered necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of the new corporation.  (2) The proposition for the merger and the proposed articles of merger approved by the board of directors of the telephone cooperative must then be submitted to a vote of the members of such telephone cooperative at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed merger. The proposed merger and the proposed articles of merger must be considered approved upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the telephone cooperative.  (3) Upon such approval by the members of the telephone cooperative, articles of merger in the form approved must be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by the director carrying out the duties generally of the president or vice president, and its seal must be affixed thereto and attested by the director carrying out the duties of secretary. The director carrying out the duties of the president or vice president of the telephone cooperative executing such articles of merger shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were complied with by such telephone cooperative. The articles of merger and affidavits must be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-700. Dissolution of telephone cooperative prior to commencement of business.

 A telephone cooperative which has not commenced business may dissolve voluntarily by delivering to the Secretary of State articles of dissolution, executed and acknowledged on behalf of the telephone cooperative by a majority of the incorporators, and shall state:  (1) the name of the telephone cooperative;  (2) the address of its principal office;  (3) the date of its incorporation;  (4) that the telephone cooperative has not commenced any business;  (5) that the amount, if any, actually paid in on account of membership fees, less any part thereof disbursed for necessary expenses, has been returned to those entitled thereto and that all easements have been released to the grantors;  (6) that no debt of the telephone cooperative remains unpaid; and  (7) that a majority of the incorporators elect that the telephone cooperative be dissolved.  The articles of dissolution must be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-710. Dissolution of telephone cooperative which has commenced business.

 A telephone cooperative which has commenced business may dissolve voluntarily and wind up its affairs in the manner provided in this article.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-720. Recommendation of dissolution; membership vote; meeting; notice.

 Two-thirds of the membership of the board of directors shall first recommend to the membership that the telephone cooperative be dissolved. The proposition that the telephone cooperative be dissolved must be submitted to the membership of the telephone cooperative for a vote at a special meeting of the membership called only for this purpose. The notice for the meeting at which a proposal to dissolve the telephone cooperative is considered shall set forth:  (1) a detailed proposition for dissolution;  (2) the plan for sale and distribution of assets;  (3) the plan for continuance of service; and  (4) the time and location of the meeting.  The proposed voluntary dissolution is approved upon affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the telephone cooperative.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-730. Certificate of election to dissolve.

 Upon such approval a certificate of election to dissolve, in this article designated the "certificate", must be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by the director carrying out the duties generally of the president or vice president, and its corporate seal must be affixed thereto and attested by the director carrying out the duties of secretary. The certificate shall state:  (1) the name of the telephone cooperative;  (2) the address of its principal office;  (3) the names and addresses of its directors; and  (4) the total number of members of the telephone cooperative and the number of members who voted for and against the voluntary dissolution of the telephone cooperative.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-740. Filing of certificate and affidavit.

 Such certificate and affidavit must be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter and thereupon the telephone cooperative shall cease to carry on its business except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof, but its corporate existence shall continue until articles of dissolution have been filed by the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-750. Notice of winding up proceedings.

 After the filing of the certificate and affidavit by the Secretary of State, the board of directors shall immediately cause notice of the winding up proceedings to be mailed to each known creditor and claimant and to be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of the telephone cooperative is located.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-760. Directors' powers to settle affairs.

 The board of directors has full power to wind up and settle the affairs of the telephone cooperative, convey and dispose of its property and assets, pay, satisfy, and discharge its debts, obligations, and liabilities, and do all other things required to liquidate its business and affairs and, after paying or adequately providing for the payment of all its debts, obligations, and liabilities, shall distribute the remainder of its property and assets among its members in proportion to the aggregate patronage of each such member during the seven years next preceding the date of such filing of the certificate or, if the telephone cooperative was not in existence for such period, during the period of its existence.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-770. Execution of articles of dissolution.

 When all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the telephone cooperative have been paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefor, and all the remaining property and assets of the telephone cooperative have been distributed to the members pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-46-460, the board of directors shall authorize the execution of articles of dissolution, which must thereupon be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by the director carrying out the duties generally of the president or vice president, and its corporate seal must be affixed thereto and attested by the director carrying out the duties of secretary. The articles of dissolution shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:  (1) the name of the telephone cooperative;  (2) the address of the principal office of the telephone cooperative;  (3) that the telephone cooperative has theretofore delivered to the Secretary of State a certificate of election to dissolve and the date on which the certificate was filed by the Secretary of State in the records of his office;  (4) that all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the telephone cooperative have been paid and discharged or that adequate provisions have been made therefor;  (5) that all the remaining property and assets of the telephone cooperative have been distributed among the members in accordance with the provisions of Section 33-46-460; and  (6) that there are no actions or suits pending against the telephone cooperative.  The director executing the articles of dissolution shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this article have been complied with. The articles of dissolution and affidavit accompanied by proof of the publication required in Section 33-46-750 must be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-800. Conversion of existing corporation into telephone cooperative.

 Any corporation organized under the laws of the State of South Carolina for the purpose of providing communications and informational services in rural areas pursuant to Title 33, Chapter 45 may be converted into a telephone cooperative and become subject to this chapter with the same effect as if originally organized under this chapter by complying with the requirements of this article.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-810. Proposed articles of conversion; contents; approval.

 The proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a telephone cooperative and the proposed articles of conversion to give effect thereto must be first approved by the board of directors of such corporation. The proposed articles of conversion shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:  (1) the name of the corporation before its conversion into a telephone cooperative;  (2) the address of the principal office of such corporation;  (3) the date of the filing of the articles of incorporation of such corporation in the Office of the Secretary of State;  (4) the statute or statutes under which such corporation was organized;  (5) the name assumed by such corporation;  (6) a statement that such corporation elects to become a telephone cooperative nonprofit membership corporation subject to this chapter;  (7) the manner and basis of converting memberships or shares of stock in such corporation into memberships in the telephone cooperative after completion of the conversion; and  (8) any provision not inconsistent with this chapter considered necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of such telephone cooperative.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-820. Vote of members on proposed articles of conversion.

 The proposition for the conversion of the corporation into a telephone cooperative and the proposed articles of conversion approved by the board of directors of such corporation must then be submitted to a vote of the members or shareholders, as the case may be, of such corporation at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed conversion. The proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a telephone cooperative and the proposed articles of conversion, with amendments thereto as the members or shareholders of such corporation shall choose to make, must be considered approved upon approval by the board of directors or the affirmative majority vote of those members of such corporation present and voting thereon at such meeting or, if such corporation is a stock corporation, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of such corporation represented at such meeting.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-46-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 46 - Telephone Cooperative Act|Section 33-46-830. Approved articles of conversion; execution.

 Upon such approval by the members or shareholders of such corporation, the articles of conversion in the form approved by the board of directors must be executed and acknowledged on behalf of such corporation by the director carrying out the duties generally of the president or vice president, and its corporate seal must be affixed thereto and attested by the director carrying out the duties of secretary. The director executing such articles of conversion on behalf of such corporation shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this article with respect to the approval of its directors and its members or shareholders of the proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a telephone cooperative and such articles of conversion were complied with. Such articles of conversion and affidavit must be submitted to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 392, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-47-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-10. Short title.

 This chapter shall be referred to as the "Cooperative Marketing Act."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-901; 1952 Code Section 12-901; 1942 Code Section 6500; 1932 Code Section 6500; Civ. C. '22 Section 3404; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) The term "agricultural products" shall include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee and any other farm products;  (2) The term "member" shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock; and  (3) The term "association" means any corporation organized under this chapter.  Associations organized hereunder shall be deemed nonprofit, inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-902; 1952 Code Section 12-902; 1942 Code Section 6500; 1932 Code Section 6500; Civ. C. '22 Section 3404; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-30. Declaration of purpose.

 In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperating, to eliminate speculation and waste, to make the distribution of agricultural products as direct as can be efficiently done between producer and consumer and to stabilize the marketing problems of agricultural products this chapter is enacted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-903; 1952 Code Section 12-903; 1942 Code Section 6499; 1932 Code Section 6499; Civ. C. '22 Section 3403; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-40. Applicability of general corporation laws.

 The provisions of the general corporation laws of this State, and all powers and rights thereunder, shall apply to and be conferred upon the associations organized hereunder, except when such provisions are in conflict with, or inconsistent with, the express provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-904; 1952 Code Section 12-904; 1942 Code Section 6525; 1932 Code Section 6525; Civ. C. '22 Section 3429; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-50. Associations not deemed illegal combinations in restraint of trade.

 No association organized hereunder 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. Nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members or any agreement authorized in this chapter be considered illegal or in restraint of trade.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-905; 1952 Code Section 12-905; 1942 Code Section 6523; 1932 Code Section 6523; Civ. C. '22 Section 3427; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-60. Marketing information available from Clemson University.

 Every group of persons contemplating the organization of an association under this chapter is urged to communicate with the director of the extension service of Clemson University who will inform it of whatever a survey of the marketing conditions affecting the commodities to be handled by the proposed association indicates regarding probable success.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-906; 1952 Code Section 12-906; 1942 Code Section 6503; 1932 Code Section 6503; Civ. C. '22 Section 3407; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-70. Organization of association.

 Five or more persons engaged in the production of agricultural products may form a nonprofit cooperative association with or without capital stock under the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-907; 1952 Code Section 12-907; 1942 Code Section 6501; 1932 Code Section 6501; Civ. C. '22 Section 3405; 1921 (32) 339.
SC Code § 33-47-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 47 - Marketing Cooperative Associations|Section 33-47-80. Purposes for which associations may be formed.

 An association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with:  (1) The producing, marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members;  (2) The harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping or utilization thereof;  (3) The manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof;  (4) The manufacturing, selling or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment or supplies;  (5) The financing of the above-enumerated activities; or  (6) More than one of the activities specified herein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-908; 1952 Code Section 12-908; 1942 Code Section 6502; 1932 Code Section 6502; Civ. C. '22 Section 3406; 1921 (32) 339; 1934 (38) 1497.