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AL Code § 2-10-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-28 - Annual Report.

Section 2-10-28Annual report. Every association shall prepare and make out an annual report, on forms furnished by the commissioner and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, containing such financial and other information relative to its operation during the fiscal year as may be required by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such report shall contain, in addition to such other information as the board may require, the name of the association, its principal place of business, a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, the sources of its capital, expenses of operations and its balance sheets. Said report shall be filed with the commissioner on such date as required by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Said report shall be considered as a confidential document, and the information contained therein shall not be divulged except by permission of the board. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to check or cause to be checked the annual report, make a summary of his findings therefrom and furnish such summary to each member of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, that they may consider the same at their next meeting or such other time as the board sees fit. (Ag. Code 1927, §§554, 555; Code 1940, T. 2, §§77, 78.)
AL Code § 2-10-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-29 - Investigation of Affairs of Association.

Section 2-10-29Investigation of affairs of association. The commissioner shall have authority, when so ordered by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to examine and investigate each association as to its conduct of business, the correctness of its books, its financial condition and the safety and prudence of its management. Such investigation may also be made by any duly authorized agent of the commissioner. The report of such examination shall be a confidential document for official use only and subject to examination only by duly authorized agents of the commissioner and members of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such report shall be kept on file with the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §556; Code 1940, T. 2, §79.)
AL Code § 2-10-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-30 - Commissioner to Report Association Violating Purposes of Organization, Etc.

Section 2-10-30Commissioner to report association violating purposes of organization, etc. Whenever the commissioner finds that an association is violating the purposes for which organized or is conducting its business in any unauthorized manner or is not serving the interest of its members or is being conducted in such a manner as to seriously impair its capital or jeopardize the interest of its members or has seriously impaired its capital or for any other reason such association should be discontinued or have a change of management, the commissioner shall call a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and present all facts to such board. (Ag. Code 1927, §558; Code 1940, T. 2, §80.)
AL Code § 2-10-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-31 - Hearing on Report of Commissioner.

Section 2-10-31Hearing on report of commissioner. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall consider all facts relative to the report of the commissioner required by Section 2-10-30 in executive session; provided, that any person the board sees fit may be admitted to such session, but such person shall not disclose to the public the proceeding, unless otherwise ordered by said board. The board may summons and examine under oath witnesses, shall consider the facts contained in the report and may hear from any person interested in such association. If upon such hearing the board is of the opinion that the protection of the public interest requires the discontinuance of the operation of the association, or a change of management or that it should continue without change, the board shall issue such order as necessary to protect the public and members of such association, stating its reasons therefor. (Ag. Code 1927, §559; Code 1940, T. 2, §81.)
AL Code § 2-10-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-32 - Order of Board After Hearing; Appeal.

Section 2-10-32Order of board after hearing; appeal. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries, upon any hearing provided for in this article, may require the commissioner to call a meeting of the directors of the association and seek to work out a solution of conditions with them, may order the conditions on which there may be a continuation of the operation of such association or may require an agent appointed by the board or commissioner to take charge and reorganize the association or wind its business up or may make such other order as it deems will best protect the interest of the public. An appeal shall lie from the order of the board by any person interested by filing bond with and to be approved by the register or clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The matter shall be heard de novo in such court; provided, that the order of the board shall be presumed prima facie correct. Upon such hearing the court shall issue an order sustaining or reversing the order of the board or remanding the matter to the board for further consideration. An appeal shall lie from the order of the circuit court to the Court of Civil Appeals. (Ag. Code 1927, §560; Code 1940, T. 2, §;82.)
AL Code § 2-10-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-33 - Bond Required of Person Placed in Charge of Association.

Section 2-10-33Bond required of person placed in charge of association. Whenever the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall place an association in the charge or control of a person, as provided in Section 2-10-32, such person shall be bonded by a bonding company in such amount and under such conditions as shall be fixed by the board to faithfully comply with the duties imposed in this article. Said bond shall be filed with and approved by the commissioner. Such agent shall have full authority to handle the property and affairs of said association as ordered by the board. (Ag. Code 1927, §561; Code 1940, T. 2, §83.)
AL Code § 2-10-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 2 - Marketing Associations Generally.|Section 2-10-34 - Payment of Expense of Operating or Closing Out Association.

Section 2-10-34Payment of expense of operating or closing out association. The expense of operating or closing out an association, as provided in Section 2-10-32, shall be paid by the association, including the reasonable salary of the agent placed in charge thereof, reasonable attorney's fees and any other expense incident to properly closing said association's affairs. (Ag. Code 1927, §562; Code 1940, T. 2, §84.)
AL Code § 2-10-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-50 - Definitions.

Section 2-10-50Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Such term shall include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, fish, aquatic and seafood products and any farm products. (2) MEMBER. Such term shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in organizations organized with capital stock. (3) ASSOCIATION. Any corporation organized under this article. (4) PERSON. Such term shall include individuals, firms, partnerships and associations. (5) PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Such term shall include fishing activities and the harvesting of aquatic and seafood products as well as the production of other agricultural or farm products hereinabove defined in subdivision (1) of this section. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7127; Code 1940, T. 2, §85; Acts 1973, No. 1134, p. 1915, §1.)
AL Code § 2-10-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-51 - Nonprofit Associations.

Section 2-10-51Nonprofit associations. Associations organized under this article shall be deemed nonprofit, inasmuch as they are not organized to make profits for themselves as such or for their members as such, but only for their members as producers. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7128; Code 1940, T. 2, §86.)
AL Code § 2-10-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-52 - Who May Form Association.

Section 2-10-52Who may form 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 article. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7129; Code 1940, T. 2, §87.)
AL Code § 2-10-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-53 - Objects of Association.

Section 2-10-53Objects of association. An association may be organized under this article to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, ginning or utilization thereof or in connection with the manufacturing, selling or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment or supplies or in the financing of the above enumerated activities or in any one or more of the activities specified in this section. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7130; Code 1940, T. 2, §88.)
AL Code § 2-10-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-55 - Who May Become Members or Stockholders.

Section 2-10-55Who may become members or stockholders. Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its bylaws, an association may admit as members (or issue common stock to) only persons or associations or corporations composed solely of persons engaged in the production of the agricultural products to be handled by or through the association, including the lessees and tenants of land used for the production of such products and any lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or part of the crop raised on the leased premises. Any such persons or associations of persons or corporations may be citizens of or organized under the laws of this state or any other state of the United States and shall handle such agricultural products for members only. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7132; Acts 1927, No. 21, p. 28; Code 1940, T. 2, §90.)
AL Code § 2-10-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-56 - Contents of Articles of Incorporation; Signing, Acknowledgment and Filing.

Section 2-10-56Contents of articles of incorporation; signing, acknowledgment and filing. Each association formed under this article shall prepare and file articles of incorporation, setting forth: the name of the association; the purposes for which it was formed; the place where its principal business will be transacted; the term for which it is to exist; the number of directors thereof, which must not be less than five and may be any number in excess thereof; the term of office of such directors; the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as incorporating directors until their successors are elected and qualified; if organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member shall be equal or unequal, and, if unequal, the articles shall set forth the general rule or rules applicable to all members by which the property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may and shall be determined and fixed, and the association shall have the power to admit new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members in accordance with such general rule or rules; and, if organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and number of shares into which it is divided and the par value thereof. The capital stock may be divided into preferred and common stock. If so divided, the articles of incorporation must contain a statement of the number of shares of stock to which preference is granted and the number of shares of stock to which no preference is granted and the nature and extent of the preference and privileges granted to each. The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation law of this state. When so filed, the said articles of incorporation or certified copies thereof shall be received in all the courts of this state and in other places as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and of the due incorporation of such association. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7133; Acts 1935, No. 222, p. 612; Code 1940, T. 2, §91.)
AL Code § 2-10-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-57 - Amendments to Articles of Incorporation.

Section 2-10-57Amendments to articles of incorporation. The articles of incorporation or charter of any cooperative or mutual association of farmers organized under the provisions of this article may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the members or at any special meeting called for that purpose; provided that a quorum shall be present as defined in the bylaws or other governing rules. The amendment must first be approved by two thirds of the directors or other governing body and then adopted by vote of two thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting. Amendments to the articles of incorporation, when so adopted, shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation laws of the state. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7134; Acts 1935, No. 222, p. 612; Code 1940, T. 2, §92.)
AL Code § 2-10-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-58 - Provisions of Bylaws.

Section 2-10-58Provisions of bylaws. Each association incorporated under this article shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted by this article. A majority vote of the members or stockholders or their written assent is necessary to adopt such bylaws. 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 effects of such votes; (4) The number of directors constituting a quorum; (5) The qualification, compensation, duties and term of office of directors and officers, the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof; (6) Penalties for violations of the bylaws; (7) The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any, the manner and method of collection of the same and the purposes for which they may be used; (8) 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, the charge, if any, to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to him and the time of payment and manner of collection and the marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder may be required to sign; (9) The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock and the method, time and manner of permitting members to withdraw or the holders of common stock to transfer their stock; (10) The manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members and of the shares of common stock; (11) The conditions upon which and the time when membership of any member shall cease; (12) The automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible to membership in the association and the mode, manner and effect of the expulsion of a member; and (13) The manner of determining the value of a member's interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of his membership or, at the option of the association, by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors.   In case of the withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise his property interests in the association and shall fix the amount thereof in money which shall be paid to him within one year after such expulsion or withdrawal. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7135; Code 1940, T. 2, §93.)
AL Code § 2-10-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-59 - Regular and Special Meetings of Members.

Section 2-10-59Regular and special meetings of members. In its bylaws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time, and 10 percent 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. Such meeting must thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purpose thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least 10 days prior to the meeting, but the bylaws may require instead that such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7136; Code 1940, T. 2, §94.)
AL Code § 2-10-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-60 - Selection of Directors; Contracts With Association; Vacancies.

Section 2-10-60Selection of directors; contracts with association; vacancies. The affairs of an association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or stockholders from their own number. 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 such districts. In such 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 redistricting the territory covered by the association. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to such districts and the results of all such primary elections must be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association. The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the President of Auburn University or any other public official or commission. The director or directors so appointed need not be members or stockholders of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights as other directors. An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service. No director, during the term of his office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of common stock of the association or to any other kind of contract differing from terms generally current in that district. 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. In such a case, the board of directors shall immediately call a special meeting of the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7137; Code 1940, T. 2, §95.)
AL Code § 2-10-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-61 - Officers.

Section 2-10-61Officers. The directors of each association shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice-presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors, and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer. The treasurer may be a bank or any depository, and such shall not be considered as an officer but as a function of the board of directors. In such case, the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, except that the funds shall be deposited only as authorized by the board of directors. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7138; Code 1940, T. 2, §96.)