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GA Code § 46-3-440 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 12 - Dissolution of Electric Membership Corporations|§ 46-3-440. Revival of Electric Membership Corporation After Dissolution by Expiration of Period of Duration

 An electric membership corporation that has been dissolved by the expiration of its period of duration but which has continued in business in ignorance of such expiration may revive its corporate existence by amending its articles of incorporation at any time during a period of 15 years immediately following the expiration date fixed by the articles of incorporation so as to extend its period of duration. As of the effective date of the amendment, the corporate existence shall be deemed to have continued without interruption from the expiration date. If during the period between expiration and revival the name of the electric membership corporation has been assumed, reserved, or registered by any other electric membership corporation, the revived electric membership corporation shall not engage in business until it has amended its articles of incorporation to change its name.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1221, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-451 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-451. Powers of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Under Certificate of Authority Generally

 A foreign electric cooperative which has received a certificate of authority under this article shall, until a certificate of revocation or of withdrawal has been issued as provided in this article, enjoy the same, but no greater, rights and privileges as an electric membership corporation organized for the purposes set forth in the application pursuant to which such certificate of authority is issued; and, except as otherwise provided in this article, such foreign electric cooperative shall be subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities imposed upon an electric membership corporation.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1702, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, § 110 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 888-892, 905, 906.
GA Code § 46-3-453 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-453. Change of Name by Foreign Electric Cooperative

 Whenever a foreign electric cooperative which is authorized to transact business in this state changes its name, such foreign electric cooperative shall, within 30 days after such change becomes effective, file an application for an amended certificate of authority in accordance with Code Section 46-3-462. If the foreign electric cooperative fails to file this application or if the name to which it has changed would be unavailable to the foreign electric cooperative on an original application for a certificate of authority, the certificate of authority of such foreign electric cooperative shall be suspended and it shall not thereafter transact any business in this state until it has filed the application or has changed its name to a name which is available to it under the laws of this state.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1704, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 889.
GA Code § 46-3-454 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-454. Contents of Application for Certificate of Authority; Submission of Consent to Appointment as Registered Agent; Execution of Application by Officers of Foreign Electric Cooperative

  A foreign electric cooperative, in order to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, shall make application therefor to the Secretary of State, which application shall set forth:   The name of the foreign electric cooperative and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;   If the name of the foreign electric cooperative does not comply with Code Section 46-3-452 relating to the corporate name, the name of the foreign electric cooperative with the word or abbreviation or other distinctive and distinguishing element which it elects to add thereto for use in this state;   The date of incorporation and the period of duration of the foreign electric cooperative;   The address of the principal office or registered office of the foreign electric cooperative in the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;   The address of the proposed registered office of the foreign electric cooperative in this state and the name of its proposed registered agent in this state at such address;   A brief statement of the purpose or purposes which the foreign electric cooperative proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state;   The names and respective addresses of the four principal officers of the foreign electric cooperative;   A statement of the number of members of the foreign electric cooperative; and   Such additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to determine whether such foreign electric cooperative is entitled to a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.     The application shall be accompanied by a consent to appointment as registered agent, as provided for in subsection (c) of Code Section 46-3-457.   Such application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State and shall be executed by the foreign electric cooperative by its president or a vice-president or by its secretary or an assistant secretary.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1705, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, § 72 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 901.
GA Code § 46-3-455 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-455. Filing of Application for Certificate of Authority; Issuance of Certificate of Authority by Secretary of State

  The application of the foreign electric cooperative for a certificate of authority shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174, together with a copy of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, or, in lieu thereof, if provided by its jurisdiction of incorporation, a copy of its latest restated, composite, or consolidated articles of incorporation and all amendments subsequent thereto, either of which copy shall have been duly authenticated by the proper officer of its jurisdiction of incorporation within 90 days of the date the application is filed under this subsection.   Upon filing the application, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver to the foreign electric cooperative or its representative a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1706, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-456 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-456. Effect of Certificate of Authority

 Upon the issuance of a certificate of authority by the Secretary of State, the foreign electric cooperative shall be authorized to transact business in this state for those purposes set forth in its application. Such authority shall continue so long as the foreign electric cooperative retains its authority to do such business in its jurisdiction of incorporation and so long as its authority to do business in this state has not been suspended, revoked, or surrendered as provided in this article.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1707, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-457 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-457. Designation of Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Electric Cooperative; Maintenance by Secretary of State of Offices and Agents; Consent to Appointment as Agent

  Each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state:   A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and   A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, such domestic or foreign corporation having a business office identical with such registered office.     The Secretary of State shall maintain current records, alphabetically arranged by corporate name, of the address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered office and of the name and address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered agent.   No registered agent shall be appointed without his or its prior written consent. Such written consent shall be filed with or as part of the document first appointing any registered agent and shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1708, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, §§ 229, 233, 510, 531, 540.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 902, 955.
GA Code § 46-3-458 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-458. Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent of Foreign Electric Cooperative

  A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State a statement setting forth:   The name of the foreign electric cooperative;   The address of its then registered office;   If the address of its registered office is to be changed, the new address of the registered office;   The name of its then registered agent;   If its registered agent is to be changed, the name of its successor registered agent and the written consent of such successor agent to his or its appointment; and   That the address of its registered office and the address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical.     Such statement shall be executed by an officer of the foreign electric cooperative and delivered to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State finds that such statement conforms to this article, he shall file such statement in his office; and upon such filing, the change of address of the registered office or the change of the registered agent, or both, as the case may be, shall become effective.   A registered agent of a foreign electric cooperative may resign as such agent upon filing a written notice thereof with the Secretary of State. The appointment of such agent shall terminate 30 days after receipt of such notice by the Secretary of State. There shall be attached to such notice an affidavit of such agent, if an individual, or, if a corporation, of an officer thereof, that at least ten days prior to the date of filing such notice a written notice of the agent's intention to resign was mailed or delivered to the president, secretary, or treasurer of the foreign electric cooperative for which such agent is acting. Upon such resignation's becoming effective, the address of the business office of the resigned registered agent shall no longer be the address of the registered office of the foreign electric cooperative.   A registered agent may change his business address and the address of the registered office of any foreign electric cooperative of which he is a registered agent to another place within the same county by filing a statement as required in subsection (a) of this Code section, except that such statement need be signed only by the registered agent and need not be responsive to paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this Code section and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed or delivered to a representative of such foreign electric cooperative other than the notifying registered agent.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1709, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-459 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-459. Service of Process on Foreign Electric Cooperative Authorized to Transact Business in This State

  The registered agent appointed pursuant to Code Section 46-3-458 by a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be an agent of such foreign electric cooperative upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the foreign electric cooperative may be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons and complaint.   Whenever a foreign electric cooperative doing business or having done business in this state shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state, or whenever any such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, or whenever the certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative shall be suspended or revoked, then the Secretary of State shall be an agent of such foreign electric cooperative upon whom any such process, notice, or demand may be served. Service on the Secretary of State of any such process, notice, or demand shall be made by delivering to and leaving with him, or with any person having charge of the corporation's division of his office, or with any other person or persons designated by the Secretary of State to receive such service, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. In the event any such process, notice, or demand is served on the Secretary of State, he shall immediately cause one of such copies thereof to be forwarded by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, addressed to the foreign electric cooperative at its principal office in the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated. Any service so had on the Secretary of State shall be answerable not more than 30 days from the date so mailed by the Secretary of State.   The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all processes, notices, and demands served upon him under this Code section and shall record therein the time of such service and his action with reference thereto.   Nothing contained in this Code section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign electric cooperative in any other manner permitted by law.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1710, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to subsection (b) is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, §§ 228 et seq., 283 et seq., 442, 493 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 952-955, 957-961.
GA Code § 46-3-460 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-460. Filing of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Foreign Electric Cooperative

 Whenever the articles of incorporation of a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state are amended, such foreign electric cooperative shall, within 30 days after such amendment becomes effective, file in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of such amendment or, in lieu thereof, if provided for by its jurisdiction of incorporation, a copy of its restated, composite, or consolidated articles of incorporation reflecting such amendment, duly certified by the proper officer of its jurisdiction of incorporation; but the filing thereof shall not of itself enlarge or alter the purpose or purposes which such foreign electric cooperative is authorized to pursue in the transaction of business in this state, nor authorize such foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state under any other name than the name set forth in its certificate of authority.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1711, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, § 95.
GA Code § 46-3-461 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-461. Effect of Merger Whereby Foreign Electric Cooperative Is Surviving Entity

 Whenever a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is a party to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and such foreign electric cooperative is the surviving entity, it shall, within 30 days after such merger becomes effective, file with the Secretary of State a copy of the articles or agreement of merger duly certified by the proper officer of the jurisdiction under the laws of which such statutory merger was effected; and it shall not be necessary for such foreign electric cooperative to procure either a new or amended certificate of authority to transact business in this state unless the name of such foreign electric cooperative is changed thereby or unless the foreign electric cooperative desires to pursue in this state other or additional purposes than those which it is then authorized to transact in this state.   (Code 1933, § 34C-1712, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, §§ 394, 574.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 931.
GA Code § 46-3-462 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-462. Amending of Certificate of Authority

  A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall make application to the Secretary of State for an amended certificate of authority within 30 days after it:   Changes its corporate name; or   Enlarges, limits, or otherwise changes the purpose or purposes which it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state.     Such application shall be made on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall be executed and filed in the same manner as an original application for a certificate of authority and shall set forth:   The name of the foreign electric cooperative as it appears in its original application for a certificate of authority and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;   The proposed amendment to its certificate of authority;   If the amendment includes a change of name, a statement that the change of name has been effected under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and   If the amendment enlarges, limits, or otherwise changes the business or businesses which it proposes to do in this state, a statement that it is authorized to do such business in its jurisdiction of incorporation.     The issuance of an amended certificate of authority shall be governed by the same provisions, and the effect of its issuance shall be the same, as in the case of an original application for a certificate of authority.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1713, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-3-463 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 3 - Electrical Service|Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives|Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally|§ 46-3-463. Contents of Application for Withdrawal; Execution of Application and Attestation by Officers; Obtaining of Certificate From State Revenue Commissioner

  A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state may withdraw from this state upon procuring from the Secretary of State a certificate of withdrawal. In order to procure such certificate of withdrawal, the foreign electric cooperative shall deliver to the Secretary of State an application for withdrawal, which shall set forth:   The name of the foreign electric cooperative and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated;   That the foreign electric cooperative is not transacting business in this state;   That the foreign electric cooperative surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;   That the foreign electric cooperative revokes the authority of its registered agent in this state to accept service of process and consents that service of process in any action or proceeding based upon any cause of action that accrued in this state during the time the foreign electric cooperative was authorized to transact business in this state thereafter may be made on such foreign electric cooperative by service thereof on the Secretary of State; and   A post office address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process against the foreign electric cooperative that may be served on him.     The application for withdrawal shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State and shall be executed on behalf of the foreign electric cooperative by its president or a vice-president and attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary. If the foreign electric cooperative is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, the application shall be executed on behalf of the foreign electric cooperative by such receiver or trustee.   Before the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of withdrawal, the foreign electric cooperative shall secure from the state revenue commissioner a certificate that the foreign electric cooperative has met the requirements concerning reports and taxes.    (Code 1933, § 34C-1714, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, §§ 278 et seq., 298, 301, 302.