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AR Code § 23-18-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-302. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Acquire” means and includes to construct or acquire by purchase, lease, devise, gift, or other mode of acquisition;  (2) “Board” means a board of directors of a corporation organized under this subchapter;  (3) “Corporation” means a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter;  (4) “Federal agency” includes the United States and any department, administration, commission, board, bureau, office, establishment, agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States;  (5) “Member” means the incorporators of a corporation and each person thereafter lawfully admitted to membership therein;  (6) “Obligations” includes bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates or receipts, and all other evidences of indebtedness issued by a corporation; and  (7) “Person” includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision thereof, or any body politic.
AR Code § 23-18-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-303. Construction

 This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
AR Code § 23-18-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-304. Other laws inapplicable

 This subchapter is complete in itself and shall be controlling. The provisions of any other law of this state, except as provided in this subchapter, shall not apply to a corporation organized under this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-305. Extension of subchapter to other corporations

 Any cooperative or nonprofit corporation or association organized under any other law of this state for the purpose of engaging in rural electrification and existing prior to the passage of this act may amend its articles of incorporation so as to comply with this subchapter by a majority vote of the members present in person or by proxy at a meeting called for that purpose.
AR Code § 23-18-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-306. Purposes of cooperatives

 (a) Organization. Cooperative, nonprofit membership corporations may be organized under this subchapter for the purpose of any one (1) or more of the following:  (1) The furnishing of electricity to persons;  (2) Assisting in the wiring of the premises of persons in rural areas or the acquisition, supply, or installation of electrical or plumbing equipment therein; and  (3) The furnishing of electricity, wiring facilities, or electrical or plumbing equipment or services to any other corporation organized under this subchapter or to the members thereof.    (b) Powers. Once properly organized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a corporation may engage in any other lawful business activity directly or through one (1) or more affiliates, which its board of directors determines to be beneficial to its members or nonmembers.
AR Code § 23-18-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-308. Jurisdiction of commission

 All corporations organized under this subchapter shall be in all respects subject to the jurisdiction, supervision, regulation, and control of the Arkansas Public Service Commission to the same extent and in the same manner as a public utility, except as otherwise specifically provided by law.
AR Code § 23-18-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-309. Incorporators

 Any three (3) or more natural persons of the age of twenty-one (21) or more, residents of this state, may act as incorporators of a corporation to be organized under this subchapter by executing articles of incorporation as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-310. Cooperative names

 The words “electric cooperative” shall not be used in the corporate name of corporations organized under the laws of this state, or authorized to do business in this state, other than those organized pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-311. Articles of incorporation

 (a) The articles of incorporation shall state:  (1) The name of the corporation. The name shall include the words “Electric Cooperative” and the word “Corporation”, “Incorporated”, “Inc.”, or “Company”. The name of the corporation shall be such as to distinguish it from any other corporation organized and existing under the laws of this state;  (2) The purpose for which the corporation is formed;  (3) The names and addresses of the incorporators who shall serve as directors and manage the affairs of the corporation until its first annual meeting of members, or until their successors are elected and qualify;  (4) The number of directors, not fewer than three (3), to be elected at the annual meetings of members;  (5) The address of its principal office and the name and address of its agent upon whom process may be served;  (6) The period of duration of the corporation, which may be perpetual;  (7) The terms and conditions upon which persons shall be admitted to membership and retain membership in the corporation, but if expressly so stated, the determination of such matters may be reserved to the directors by the bylaws; and  (8) Any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation.    (b) It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-312. Articles of incorporation — Execution — Filing and recording

 (a) The original copy of the articles of incorporation shall be signed by the incorporators and acknowledged before any officer authorized by the law of this state to acknowledge the execution of deeds and conveyances.  (b) The original copy of the articles of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  (c) If the Secretary of State finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law and when the fees prescribed by this subchapter have been paid, he or she shall:  (1) Endorse on the original copy the word “FILED”, and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof;  (2) File the original in his or her office; and  (3) Issue a certificate of incorporation to the incorporators.    (d) The incorporators shall file for recording a certified copy of the articles of incorporation in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the principal office of the corporation in this state is located.
AR Code § 23-18-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-313. Articles of incorporation — Amendment

 (a)  (1) A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation by a majority vote of the members who are present in person or by proxy at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of its members called for that purpose.  (2) The power to amend shall include the power to accomplish any desired change in the provisions of its articles of incorporation and to include any purpose, power, or provision which would be authorized to be included in original articles of incorporation if executed at the time the amendment is made.    (b)  (1) Articles of amendment signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary certifying to the amendment and its lawful adoption shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under this subchapter.  (2) As soon as the Secretary of State has accepted the articles of amendment for filing and recording and issued a certificate of amendment, the amendment shall be in effect.
AR Code § 23-18-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-314. Certificate of incorporation

 (a) Upon the issuance of a certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State, the corporate existence of the corporation shall begin.  (b) The certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that all conditions precedent required to be performed by the incorporators have been complied with and that the corporation has been incorporated under this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-315. Correction of defects of organization

 In the event any corporation has filed defective articles of incorporation or has failed to do all things necessary to perfect its corporate organization, it nevertheless may file corrected articles of incorporation or amend the original articles and do and perform all acts and things necessary in the premises for the correction of such defects. The action so taken shall be valid and binding upon all persons concerned. The capacity of the corporation to file corrected articles of incorporation or amendments to the original articles or to do and perform all acts and things necessary in the premises shall not be questioned.
AR Code § 23-18-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-316. Organizational meeting — Notice

 (a) After the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, an organizational meeting shall be held at the call of a majority of the incorporators for the purpose of adopting bylaws and electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before the meeting.  (b) The incorporators calling the meeting shall give at least three (3) days' notice thereof by mail to each incorporator. This notice shall state the time and place of the meeting, but notice may be waived in writing.
AR Code § 23-18-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-317. Bylaws

 (a) The power to make, alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws of the corporation shall be vested in the board of directors.  (b) The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.
AR Code § 23-18-318 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-318. Members

 (a)  (1) All persons proposed to be served by a corporation shall be eligible to membership in a corporation.  (2) No person other than the incorporators shall be, become, or remain a member of a corporation unless the person shall use or agree to use electric energy or, as the case may be, the facilities, supplies, equipment, and services furnished by a corporation.    (b) A corporation organized under this subchapter may become a member of another such corporation and may avail itself fully of the facilities and services thereof.
AR Code § 23-18-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-319. Certificate of membership

 (a) When a member of a corporation has paid the membership fee in full, a certificate of membership shall be issued to the member.  (b) Memberships in the corporation and the certificates shall be nontransferable.  (c) The certificate of membership shall be surrendered to the corporation upon the resignation, expulsion, or death of the member.
AR Code § 23-18-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-320. Meetings of members

 (a) Meetings of members may be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held in the principal office of the corporation in this state.  (b) An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as may be provided in the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation.  (c) Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, by the board of directors, by a petition signed by not less than one-tenth (1/10) of all the members, or by such other officers or persons as may be provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.  (d)  (1) Written or printed notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not fewer than (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president or the secretary or the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each member of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited into the United States mails in a sealed envelope addressed to the member at his or her address as it appears on the records of the corporation with postage thereon prepaid.  (2) Notice of meetings of members may be waived in writing.    (e) Each member present shall be entitled to one (1) and only one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of members, but voting by proxy or by mail may be provided for in the bylaws.  (f) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a majority of the members present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of members, but if voting by mail is provided for in the bylaws, members so voting shall be counted as if present.
AR Code § 23-18-322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-322. Executive committee

 (a) Any corporation by its bylaws may provide for an executive committee to be elected from and by its board of directors.  (b) The management of the current and ordinary business of the corporation and such other duties as the bylaws may prescribe may be delegated to the committee, but the designation of the committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him or her by this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-323 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-323. Officers, agents, and employees

 (a) The board may elect from its number a chair, a secretary, and such vice chairpersons as it deems necessary. The powers, duties, term of office, and compensation shall be provided for in the bylaws.  (b)  (1) The board may appoint a chief executive officer, president, or manager, a treasurer, who may be the same person elected to the office of secretary, and such vice presidents as it deems necessary. The powers, duties, term of office, and compensation of the foregoing officers shall be provided for by the board of directors.  (2) The chief executive officer, president, or manager may be an elected member of the board or an ex officio member of the board as provided for in the bylaws. Such an officer may be a member of an executive committee, if one is created by the corporation and the officer is an elected member of the board. Otherwise, the officer may be an ex officio member of an executive committee as provided for in the bylaws.    (c) The board shall appoint such other officers, agents, and employees as it deems necessary and fix their powers, duties, and compensation.  (d) Any officer, agent, or employee elected or appointed by the board may be removed by it whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served.
AR Code § 23-18-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-324. Consolidation

 (a)  (1) Any two (2) or more corporations may enter into an agreement for the consolidation of the corporations.  (2) The agreement shall set forth the terms and conditions of the consolidation, the name of the proposed consolidated corporation, the number of its directors, not fewer than three (3), the time of the annual meeting and election, and the names of at least three (3) persons to be directors until the first annual meeting.  (3) If such an agreement is approved by the votes of a majority of the members of each corporation present in person or by proxy at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of its members called for that purpose, the directors named in the agreement shall sign and acknowledge as incorporators articles of consolidation conforming substantially to original articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under this subchapter.    (b)  (1) The articles of consolidation shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under this subchapter.  (2) As soon as the Secretary of State shall have accepted the articles of consolidation for filing and recording and issued a certificate of consolidation, the proposed consolidated corporation, described in the articles under its designated name, shall be and become a body corporate, with all the powers of a corporation as originally organized under this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-325 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-325. Dissolution

 (a) Any corporation may dissolve by majority vote of the members present in person or by proxy at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of its members called for that purpose.  (b) A certificate of dissolution shall be signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary certifying to the dissolution and stating that they have been authorized to execute and file the certificate by vote cast in person or by proxy by a majority of the members of the corporation.  (c) A certificate of dissolution shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under this subchapter.  (d) As soon as the Secretary of State has accepted the certificate of dissolution for filing and recording and issued a certificate of dissolution, the corporation shall be deemed to be dissolved.  (e)  (1) However, the corporation shall continue for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and discharging any existing liabilities or obligations, collecting or liquidating its assets, and doing all other acts required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs. The corporation may sue and be sued in its corporate name.  (2) Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the corporation have been satisfied or discharged shall be distributed pro rata among the members of the corporation at the time of the filing of the certificate of dissolution.    (f)  (1) Any corporation which purports to have been incorporated or reincorporated under this subchapter but which has not complied with all of the requirements for legal corporate existence may nevertheless file a certificate of dissolution in the same manner as a validly existing corporation.  (2) The certificate of dissolution, in such a case, may be authorized by a majority of the incorporators or directors at a meeting called by any incorporator upon ten (10) days' notice mailed to the last known post office address of each incorporator or director and held at the principal office of the corporation named in the articles of incorporation.
AR Code § 23-18-326 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-326. Filing fees

 The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:   (1) Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation — ten dollars ($10.00);  (2) Filing of articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment — ten dollars ($10.00);  (3) Filing articles of consolidation and issuing a certificate with respect to consolidation — ten dollars ($10.00); and  (4) Filing articles of dissolution — one dollar ($1.00).