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WY Stat § 17-11-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-107 - Duration of Membership; Withdrawal.

17-11-107. Duration of membership; withdrawal.| Membership in the corporation shall be for the duration of the corporation, provided that upon written notice given to the corporation a minimum of three (3) years and a maximum of fifteen (15) years in advance, as determined by the board of directors, a member may withdraw from membership in the corporation at the expiration date of such notice.
WY Stat § 17-11-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-108 - Powers of Shareholders and Members.

17-11-108. Powers of shareholders and members.| (a) The shareholders and the members of the corporation shall have the following powers of the corporation:  (i) To determine the number of and elect directors as provided in W.S. 17-11-110;  (ii) To make, amend and repeal bylaws;  (iii) To amend the certificate of incorporation;  (iv) To dissolve the corporation as provided in W.S. 17-11-116;  (v) To do all things necessary or desirable to secure aid, assistance loans and other financing from any financial institutions, and from any agency established under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Public Law 85-699, 85th Congress, or other similar federal laws now or hereafter enacted, and from the state of Wyoming or any agency or department thereof;  (vi) To exercise such other of the powers of the corporation consistent with the act as may be conferred on the shareholders and the members by the bylaws.  (b) As to all matters requiring action by the shareholders and the members of the corporation, the shareholders and members shall vote as provided in the bylaws of the corporation.  (c) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, each shareholder shall have one (1) vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock held by him. Each member shall have one (1) vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock held by him except that any member having a loan limit of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and having a loan to the corporation as provided under W.S. 17-11-106(b) shall have one (1) additional vote, in person or by proxy, for each additional one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) which the member has outstanding in loans to the corporation under W.S. 17-11-106(b) at any one (1) time.
WY Stat § 17-11-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-109 - Amendments to Articles of Incorporation.

17-11-109. Amendments to articles of incorporation.| (a) The articles of incorporation may be amended by the votes of the shareholders and the members of the corporation as provided in the corporate bylaws.  (b) An amendment to the articles of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state, and shall not take effect until the date of such filing.
WY Stat § 17-11-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-110 - Board of Directors.

17-11-110. Board of directors.| (a) The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors, which shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7) members. One (1) member of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the Wyoming business council or other person designated by the council. The board of directors may exercise all the powers of the corporation except such as are conferred by law or by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the corporation upon the shareholders or members.  (b) The board of directors shall be elected in the first instance by the incorporators and thereafter at the annual meeting, or if no annual meeting shall be held in the year of incorporation, then within ninety (90) days after the filing of the articles of incorporation at a special meeting to be called for such purpose. The directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the corporation and until their successors are elected and qualified unless sooner removed in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws. Any vacancy in the office of a director elected by the members shall be filled by the directors elected by the members, and any vacancy in the office of a director elected by the stockholders shall be filled by the directors elected by the stockholders.  (c) Directors and officers shall not be responsible for losses unless the same shall have been occasioned by the willful misconduct of such directors and officers.
WY Stat § 17-11-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-111 - Determination of Net Earnings and Surplus.

17-11-111. Determination of net earnings and surplus.| Net earnings and surplus shall be determined by the board of directors, after providing for such reserves as said directors deem desirable, and the determination of the directors made in good faith shall be conclusive on all persons.
WY Stat § 17-11-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-112 - Depository of Funds.

17-11-112. Depository of funds.| The corporation shall not deposit any of its funds in any banking institution unless such institution has been designated as a depository by a vote of a majority of the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board of directors, exclusive of any director who is an officer or director of the depository so designated.
WY Stat § 17-11-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-113 - Examination by Director; Reports.

17-11-113. Examination by director; reports.| The corporation shall be examined at least once annually by the director of the state department of audit or his designee and shall make reports of its condition annually to director, who in turn shall make copies of such reports available to the governor; and the corporation shall also furnish such other information as may from time to time be required by the director or the secretary of state. The director shall exercise the same power and authority over corporations organized under this act as is now exercised over banks and trust companies.
WY Stat § 17-11-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-114 - First Meeting.

17-11-114. First meeting.| (a) The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by a notice signed by three (3) or more of the incorporators, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, a copy of which notice shall be mailed or delivered to each incorporator at least five (5) days before the day appointed for the meeting, or may be held without such notice upon waiver in writing signed by all the incorporators. There shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting a copy of said notice or of such unanimous agreement of the incorporators.  (b) At such first meeting, the incorporators shall adopt bylaws, elect directors, and take such other action as the incorporators may see fit. Eight (8) of the incorporators shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
WY Stat § 17-11-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-115 - Perpetual Existence.

17-11-115. Perpetual existence.| The period of existence of the corporation shall be perpetual, subject to the right of the shareholders and the members to dissolve the corporation prior to the expiration of said period as provided in W.S. 17-11-116.
WY Stat § 17-11-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-116 - Dissolution.

17-11-116. Dissolution.| The corporation may upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes to which the shareholders shall be entitled and two-thirds (2/3) of the votes to which the members shall be entitled to dissolve said corporation. Upon any dissolution of the corporation, none of the corporation's assets shall be distributed to the shareholders until all sums due the members of the corporation and creditors thereof have been paid in full. If the corporation is a nonprofit corporation the assets remaining after payment in full of all amounts due creditors and the members of the corporation shall be paid only to charitable or educational organizations and institutions, in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation.
WY Stat § 17-11-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-117 - Corporations Designated "State Development Companies" for Purposes of Federal Law.

17-11-117. Corporations designated "state development companies" for purposes of federal law.| Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall be a state development company, as defined in the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Public Law 85-699, 85th Congress, or any similar federal legislation, and shall be authorized to operate on a statewide basis.
WY Stat § 17-11-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-118 - Exemption From Securities Registration.

17-11-118. Exemption from securities registration.| Corporations organized under the provisions of this act shall be exempt from registration under, or compliance with, the Wyoming Uniform Securities Act, W.S. 17-4-101 through 17-4-701.
WY Stat § 17-11-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-119 - Tax Exemptions, Credits or Privileges.

17-11-119. Tax exemptions, credits or privileges.| Any tax exemptions, tax credits, or tax privileges granted to banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, and other financial institutions by any general laws are granted to corporations organized pursuant to this act.
WY Stat § 17-11-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 11 - Industrial Corporations|Section 17-11-120 - Filing Fees.

17-11-120. Filing fees.| Corporations organized for profit under the provisions of this act shall pay the filing fees required by W.S. 17-16-122 and 17-16-1630, and nonprofit corporations shall pay the filing fees required by W.S. 17-19-122 and 17-19-1630.
WY Stat § 17-12-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-101 - Certificate of Ditch Company.

17-12-101. Certificate of ditch company.| Whenever any three (3) or more persons associate under the provisions of this article, to form a company for the purpose of constructing a ditch or ditches for the purpose of conveying water to any mines, mills or lands to be used for mining, milling or irrigating of lands, they shall in their certificate, in addition to the matters required in the first section of this article, specify as follows: the stream or streams from which the water is to be taken out; the line of said ditch or ditches, as near as may be, and the use to which said water is intended to be applied.
WY Stat § 17-12-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-102 - Right-of-Way of Ditch Company; Interference With Prior Ditch and Water Rights.

17-12-102. Right-of-way of ditch company; interference with prior ditch and water rights.| Any ditch company formed under the provisions of this article shall have the right-of-way over the lines named in the certificate, and shall also have the right to run the water of the stream or streams named in the certificate through their ditch or ditches; provided, that the lines proposed shall not interfere with any other ditch whose rights are prior to those acquired under this article and by virtue of said certificate. Nor shall the water of any stream be directed from its original channel to the detriment of any miners, mill men or others along the line of said stream, or who may have a priority of right, and there shall be at all times left sufficient water in said stream for the use of miners and agriculturists who may have a prior right to such water along said stream.
WY Stat § 17-12-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-103 - Proper Condition of Ditches.

17-12-103. Proper condition of ditches.| Every ditch company organized under the provisions of this article shall be required to keep the banks of their ditch or ditches in good condition, so that the water shall not be allowed to escape from the same, to the injury of any mining claim, road, ditch or other property located and held prior to the location of such ditch; and whenever it is necessary to convey any ditch over, or across, or above any lode or mining claim, the company shall, if necessary to keep the water of said ditch out from any claim, flume the ditch so far as necessary to protect such claim or property from the water of said ditch; provided, that in all cases where the ditch has priority of right by location, the owners of such claim or property shall be compelled to protect themselves from any damages that might be created by said ditch, and the owner of such claim shall be liable for any damages resulting to said ditch by reason of the works or operations performed on such claim or property.
WY Stat § 17-12-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-104 - Applicability of w.s. 17-12-101 Through 17-12-104 to Existing Companies.

17-12-104. Applicability of W.S. 17-12-101 through 17-12-104 to existing companies.| This act shall apply to all ditch companies already formed and incorporated under the laws of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 17-12-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-105 - Authority of Ditch and Water Companies to Issue Bonds and Mortgage Property.

17-12-105. Authority of ditch and water companies to issue bonds and mortgage property.| Every corporation organized under the laws of Wyoming for the purpose of constructing or operating a system of waterworks, within the corporate limits of any city or town, and every ditch and water company organized under the laws of Wyoming shall have power, and is hereby authorized to mortgage or execute deeds of trust in whole or in part, of their real and personal property and franchises, to secure money borrowed by them for the construction or operation of their waterworks, or ditches, and may also issue their corporate bonds, to make all of said bonds payable to bearer, or otherwise, negotiable by delivery and bearing interest at such rates, and may sell the same at such rates and prices as they may deem proper; and said bonds shall be made payable at such times, and the principal and interest thereof may be made payable within or without this state, at such place or places as may be determined upon by said company.
WY Stat § 17-12-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-106 - Certificate of Flume Company.

17-12-106. Certificate of flume company.| When any company shall organize under the provisions of this article to form a company for the purpose of constructing a flume, their certificate, in addition to the matters required in the first section of this article, shall specify as follows: the place of beginning, the termini and the route so near as may be, and the purpose for which such flume is intended, and when organized according to the provisions of this chapter, said company shall have the right-of-way over the line proposed in such certificate for such flume; provided, it does not conflict with the right of any farmer, fluming, ditching or other company.
WY Stat § 17-12-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Companies|Section 17-12-107 - Certificate of Telegraph Company.

17-12-107. Certificate of telegraph company.| Whenever any three (3) or more persons associate under the provisions of this article, to form a company for the purpose of constructing a line or lines of magnetic telegraph in this state, their certificate shall specify as follows: the termini of such line or lines, and the counties through which they shall pass; and such corporation is hereby authorized to construct said telegraph line or lines from point to point along and upon any of the public roads, by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers and abutments, necessary for the wires; provided, that the same shall not incommode the public in the use of said roads or highways.
WY Stat § 17-22-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-101 - Short Title.

17-22-101. Short title.| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act."
WY Stat § 17-22-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-102 - Definitions.

17-22-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Member" means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association;  (ii) "Nonprofit association" means an unincorporated organization consisting of two (2) or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. However, a joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties does not by itself establish a nonprofit association, even if the co-owners share the use of the property for a nonprofit purpose;  (iii) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, agency, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;  (iv) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;  (v) "This act" means W.S. 17-22-101 through 17-22-115.
WY Stat § 17-22-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-103 - Territorial Application.

17-22-103. Territorial application.| Real and personal property in Wyoming may be acquired, held, encumbered and transferred by a nonprofit association, whether or not the nonprofit association or a member has any other relationship to the state.
WY Stat § 17-22-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-104 - Real and Personal Property; Nonprofit Association as Legatee, Devisee or Beneficiary.

17-22-104. Real and personal property; nonprofit association as legatee, devisee or beneficiary.| (a) A nonprofit association in its name may acquire, hold, encumber or transfer an estate or interest in real and personal property.  (b) A nonprofit association may be a legatee, devisee or beneficiary of a trust or contract.
WY Stat § 17-22-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-105 - Statement of Authority as to Real Property.

17-22-105. Statement of authority as to real property.| (a) A nonprofit association shall execute and record a statement of authority to transfer an estate or interest in real property in the name of the nonprofit association.  (b) An estate or interest in real property in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person so authorized in a statement of authority recorded in the office of the county clerk in which a transfer of the property would be recorded.  (c) A statement of authority shall set forth:  (i) The name of the nonprofit association;  (ii) The address in this state, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association. If the nonprofit association does not have an address in this state, its address out of state;  (iii) The name or title of the person authorized to transfer an estate or interest in real property held in the name of the nonprofit association; and  (iv) The action, procedure or vote of the nonprofit association which authorizes the person to transfer the real property of the nonprofit association and which authorizes the person to execute the statement of authority.  (d) A statement of authority shall be executed in the same manner as a deed. The person who executes the statement of authority shall not be the named person in the statement of authority authorized to transfer the estate or interest.  (e) The filing officer may collect a fee for recording the statement of authority in the amount authorized for recording a transfer of real property.  (f) An amendment, including a cancellation, of a statement of authority shall meet the requirements for execution and recording of an original statement. Unless canceled earlier, a recorded statement of authority or its most recent amendment is canceled by operation of law five (5) years after the date of the most recent recording.  (g) If the record title to the real property is in the name of a nonprofit association and the statement of authority is recorded in the office of the county clerk in which a transfer of real property would be recorded, the authority of the person named in a statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a transferee who gives value without notice that the person named in the statement of authority lacks authority.
WY Stat § 17-22-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act|Section 17-22-106 - Liability in Tort and Contract.

17-22-106. Liability in tort and contract.| (a) A nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties and liabilities in contract and tort.  (b) A person is not liable for a breach of a nonprofit association's contract merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.  (c) A person is not liable for a tortious act or omission for which a nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.  (d) A tortious act or omission of a member or other person for which a nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit association, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.  (e) A member of, or a person considered as a member by, a nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit association. A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.