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NH Rev Stat § 301:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:52 - Penalty.

    301:52 Penalty. –||Any officer or director who shall subscribe or make oath to any certificate provided for in RSA 301:4 and 5, which shall contain any false statement, known by such person to be false; or who shall do any act relative to the issue of capital stock which is not permitted by RSA 301:25-30, inclusive, or who shall make or publish any financial statement which he knows does not comply with the provisions of said sections, shall be guilty of a class B felony, and shall also be individually liable to any stockholder of the association or other person for damage caused by reason thereof.|||Source. 1925, 142:4. PL 224:50. RL 273:51. RSA 301:52. 1973, 528:192, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:54 - Application of Laws.

    301:54 Application of Laws. –||Cooperative associations organized under RSA 301:53 shall have all of the powers and privileges of cooperatives organized under any other provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1939, 212:1. RL 273:53.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:55 - Reports.

    301:55 Reports. –||Cooperative associations organized under RSA 301:53 shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 301:7 and RSA 301:12 to 18 inclusive, provided, however, that if any such association shall file annually with the public utilities commission, a certified copy of the annual report required to be filed by it with any agency or department of the United States of America pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust executed by it, such association shall be deemed to have complied fully with all the requirements of this section.|||Source. 1939, 212:1. RL 273:54.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:56 - Service, Right to.

    301:56 Service, Right to. –||Any person not receiving central station service who shall apply for membership in a cooperative association organized under this subdivision and shall offer to comply with all reasonable terms and conditions in connection therewith shall be entitled to be admitted to membership therein and to be served thereby and, if such application shall be denied, such person may petition the public utilities commission which shall have power, if it finds after a hearing that such denial was unreasonable, to order such association to admit such person to membership and to serve such person upon such reasonable terms and conditions as the commission shall prescribe.|||Source. 1939, 212:1. RL 273:55.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:58 - Validity of Public Utilities Commission Orders.

    301:58 Validity of Public Utilities Commission Orders. –||I. The filing of a certificate of deregulation with the public utilities commission by a rural electric cooperative shall cause the commission to terminate the involvement of the cooperative in any proceeding to the extent that such involvement is no longer under the jurisdiction of the commission.||II. Orders of the commission concerning rural electric cooperatives, issued prior to the effective date of this section or at times when a certificate of regulation is on file shall not be rendered invalid by the filing of a certificate of deregulation, provided, however, that such orders shall not be enforceable as against the cooperative while a certificate of deregulation is on file with the commission. Nothing in this section shall affect the validity or enforceability of orders of the commission concerning service territory, franchise boundaries, or any other matter over which the commission retains authority over a cooperative for which a certificate of deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission.|||Source. 1997, 229:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:59 - PURPA Jurisdiction.

    301:59 PURPA Jurisdiction. –||The public utilities commission shall retain jurisdiction over rural electric cooperatives, regardless of whether or not a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file, for purpose of implementing and enforcing provisions of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978, and any successor laws amending, replacing, or repealing the act, and regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission implementing the act.|||Source. 1997, 229:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:60 - Consent to Jurisdiction.

    301:60 Consent to Jurisdiction. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any rural electric cooperative, without regard to whether a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission, may voluntarily consent to jurisdiction by the commission for the purpose of participating in or initiating proceedings before the commission. The cooperative's voluntary consent shall be nonrevocable and shall be in writing, signed by a duly authorized representative of the cooperative. The consent may be limited to specific issues or requests for relief. Any voluntary consent under this section shall be strictly limited in scope to the issues or proceedings identified in the written consent, and shall not be construed as a more general consent to jurisdiction.|||Source. 1997, 229:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:61 - Member Access to Records and Meetings.

    301:61 Member Access to Records and Meetings. –||A rural electric cooperative which has filed a certificate of deregulation with the public utilities commission shall provide its members with open access to the cooperative's membership meetings, board meetings, and business records to the same extent that citizens of New Hampshire are entitled to access to public records as provided in RSA 91-A. The cooperative shall provide notice of all regular board meetings in its newsletters or as part of the monthly billing statement.|||Source. 1997, 229:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:62 - Financial Responsibility.

    301:62 Financial Responsibility. –||A rural electric cooperative which has filed a certificate of deregulation with the public utilities commission shall not, without prior authorization of the commission, after consent to jurisdiction pursuant to RSA 301:60, notice, and hearing, charge, through its stranded cost recovery charge, delivery services rates, or any other rate or surcharge, any member who does not purchase generation services provided by or acquired through such rural electric cooperative, for any costs of generation services incurred by such rural electric cooperative after retail competition is certified to exist pursuant to RSA 38:36, except for electric power consumed directly by the rural electric cooperative. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any member or members from entering contracts of any duration with such rural electric cooperative for the purchase of generation services and being bound by their terms, including damages for termination.|||Source. 2001, 29:3, eff. May 22, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 301:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301 - Cooperative Marketing and Rural Electrification Associations|Section 301:63 - Special Contracts.

    301:63 Special Contracts. –||The commission shall not order changes in the total rates or impose stranded cost, system benefits, or other restructuring charges under RSA 374-F if the result would be to cause changes in the total rates charged to, or the accounting for revenue received from customers taking service from a rural electric cooperative under special contracts approved pursuant to RSA 378:18 for the duration of those special contracts in effect as of May 1, 2000.|||Source. 2001, 86:5, eff. June 19, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:1 - Definitions.

    301-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Association" means any corporation formed under this chapter on a nonprofit basis.||II. "Capital" means, when an association is formed without capital stock, the total consideration for which the entire number of memberships in an association is issued.||III. "Member" means any ultimate consumer which has made full payment of the membership fee or minimum membership capital.||IV. "Membership" means membership in an association formed without shares or capital stock as well as membership in a share association or association organized with capital stock.||V. "Net savings" means the total income of an association minus the costs of operation.||VI. "Par value", when used in connection with an association without capital stock, means the consideration for which membership is issued in an association.||VII. "Stockholder" means, in addition to any other definitions used in RSA 292 and 293-A, members in associations formed without capital stock; provided, however, that no association formed under this chapter shall be permitted to issue stock without par value.||VIII. "Ultimate consumer" means a natural person, family, household, or an association, organization, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity, whether organized on a nonprofit or for-profit basis, that uses the goods, services, or facilities provided by an association primarily for purposes other than for resale.||IX. "Cooperative basis", as applied to any incorporated or unincorporated group, means:||(a) That each member has one and only one vote, except as may be altered in the certificate of organization or bylaws in order to provide for voting by member organizations.||(b) That in associations formed with capital stock, the maximum rate of dividends paid on share capital shall not exceed 10 percent per year or such percentage per year as may be approved under the bylaws of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank under 12 U.S.C. section 3001 and 12 U.S.C. section 3015(a)(2), whichever is lower.||(c) That the net savings, after inclusion of the return on capital, are allocated to member patrons or to all patrons in proportion to their patronage of one or more departments within the association; provided, that said net savings may be retained by the association for the actual or potential expansion of services or for the reduction of charges to patrons or for other purposes not inconsistent with the association's nonprofit nature.||(d) That voting by proxy is prohibited.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 1997, 229:4, 5, eff. Aug. 17, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:2 - Incorporation Under General Law.

    301-A:2 Incorporation Under General Law. –||I. Five or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, may form a nonprofit cooperative association with or without capital stock under the provisions of this chapter.||II. An association may be incorporated on a cooperative, nonprofit basis for the purpose of acquiring, producing, building, operating, manufacturing, furnishing, exchanging, or distributing any type or types of property, commodities, goods, or services primarily for the benefit of its members who are ultimate consumers.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:3 - Application of General Corporation Law.

    301-A:3 Application of General Corporation Law. –||The provisions of RSA 292 and 293-A shall apply to associations formed under this chapter, except those powers inconsistent with this chapter.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:4 - Powers of Association.

    301-A:4 Powers of Association. –||Each association shall have the following powers in addition to those granted under RSA 293-A:3.02:||I. To continue as a corporation for the time specified in its certificate.||II. To have a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure.||III. To sue and to be sued in its corporate name.||IV. To make bylaws for the government and regulation of its affairs not inconsistent with the laws of this state.||V. To acquire, own, hold, sell, lease, pledge, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any property incident to its purposes and activities.||VI. To entirely own or control and exercise all the rights of membership in other cooperative associations chartered to make goods, services or facilities directly or indirectly available to its owners or voting stockholders on a nonprofit basis.||VII. To make mutual aid agreements with other associations formed on a cooperative and nonprofit basis, including the power to borrow money, contract debts, and make contracts.||VIII. To conduct its affairs within or without the state of New Hampshire.||IX. To exercise all powers not inconsistent with this chapter which may be necessary, convenient, or expedient for the accomplishment of its purposes and, to that end, the foregoing enumeration of powers shall not be deemed exclusive.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 1992, 255:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:5 - Organization Certificate.

    301-A:5 Organization Certificate. –||Before a cooperative association may begin its activities, the president, treasurer, and a majority of the directors shall prepare, subscribe to, and file with the secretary of state a certificate of organization containing:||I. A statement as to the purpose or purposes for which the association is formed.||II. The name of the association which shall include the word "cooperative".||III. The term of existence of the association which may be perpetual.||IV. The location and address of the principal office of the association.||V. The names and addresses of the incorporators of the association.||VI. The names and addresses of the directors who shall manage the affairs of the association for the first year, unless sooner changed by the members.||VII. A statement of whether the association is organized with or without shares, and the number of subscribed for shares or memberships.||VIII. If organized with shares, a statement of the amount of authorized capital, the number and types of shares and the par value thereof which may be placed at any figure, and the rights, preferences, and restrictions of each type of share.||IX. The minimum number or value of shares which must be owned in order to qualify for membership; if organized without shares, a statement of whether the property rights of members shall be equal or unequal, and if unequal, the rule by which their rights shall be determined.||X. The maximum amount or percentage of capital which may be owned or controlled by any member; including a statement of whether or not each member shall be limited to a single share, and whether such single shares shall be of various par values.||XI. The method by which any surplus, upon dissolution of the association, shall be distributed, in conformity with the requirements of RSA 301-A:33.||XII. The articles may also contain any other provisions not inconsistent with law or with this chapter, for the conduct of the association's affairs.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:6 - Certificate.

    301-A:6 Certificate. –||The secretary of state shall sign and affix the seal of the state to the certificate of organization. The certificate of organization shall then be returned to the association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:7 - Existence of Association.

    301-A:7 Existence of Association. –||The existence of every association formed under this chapter shall begin once the certificate of organization is filed with the secretary of state, and payment of the fee is made as provided under RSA 301-A:9.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:8 - Amendment of Certificate.

    301-A:8 Amendment of Certificate. –||I. Amendments to the certificate of organization may be proposed by a 2/3 vote of the board of directors or by petition of 10 percent of the association's members. Notice of the meeting to consider the proposed amendment shall be sent by the secretary at least 30 days prior to such meeting to each member at his last known address, accompanied by the full text of the proposal and by that part of the certificate to be amended. Such amendment may be adopted by 2/3 of the members voting.||II. If the amendment is to alter the preferences of outstanding shares of any type or to authorize the issuance of shares having superior preferences to outstanding shares of any type, a vote of 2/3 of the members owning such outstanding shares to be affected shall also be required for adoption.||III. A vote of 2/3 of the entire membership shall be required when an amendment is proposed to alter the rule by which members' property rights in a nonshare association are determined.||IV. The amount of capital and the number and par value of shares may be diminished or increased by amendment of the certificate; provided, that capital shall not be diminished below the amount of paid capital existing at the time of amendment.||V. When an amendment is adopted by the members and verified by the president and secretary, it shall be subscribed to by the president, treasurer, and a majority of the directors and filed with the secretary of state.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:9 - Filing Fee.

    301-A:9 Filing Fee. –||An association shall pay a fee of $25 to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of organization, and a fee of $25 for filing an amendment to its certificate.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2004, 248:25, eff. July 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:10 - Adoption of Bylaws.

    301-A:10 Adoption of Bylaws. –||Bylaws shall be adopted or repealed by at least a majority vote of the members. Bylaws shall be amended by at least a majority vote of members present at a regular meeting of the association or by at least a majority vote of members casting votes if the bylaws permit voting by absentee ballot, unless the bylaws require at least a majority vote of all members. The majority vote required to amend the bylaws, if greater than a simple majority, shall be specified in either the certificate of organization or the bylaws.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 2001, 197:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:11 - Contents of Bylaws.

    301-A:11 Contents of Bylaws. –||The bylaws may include:||I. The method and terms of admission to membership and the disposal of members' interests on cessation of membership for any reason, including the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, and the purposes for which they may be used.||II. The time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings.||III. The number of members necessary to constitute a quorum.||IV. The number, qualifications, powers, duties, term of office, and manner, time, and vote for election, of directors and officers; and the division or classification, if any, of directors to provide for rotating or overlapping terms.||V. The compensation, if any, of the directors, and the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum.||VI. The method of distributing the net savings.||VII. A requirement that patronage refunds to nonmembers be credited toward membership in a nonshare association or toward the purchase of a minimum number of shares in a share association.||VIII. Any other provisions incident to the purposes and activities of the association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 301-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 301-A - Consumers' Cooperative Associations|Section 301-A:12 - Membership Qualifications.

    301-A:12 Membership Qualifications. –||I. Membership shall be available on a voluntary basis to all persons who can utilize the services of the association and who are willing to accept membership responsibilities. Membership shall be available without any social, political, racial, or religious discrimination, and without any discrimination based upon age, sex, disability, or marital status.||II. An association may set membership criteria based upon geographical boundaries, membership in or affiliation with another organization, or other criteria not inconsistent with paragraph I. Patronage may also be restricted to the members of a cooperative association.|||Source. 1983, 462:1. 1990, 140:2, XI, eff. June 18, 1990.|