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Ohio Rev Code § 1729.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.49 | Disposing of Assets of Association.

Effective: September 3, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 288 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "substantially all" means more than two-thirds of the association's assets, measured, in the board's discretion, either by value as recorded in the books and records of the association or by fair market value.(B) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of an association otherwise provide, a lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of any assets of an association may be made upon terms and for consideration which may consist, in whole or in part, of money or other property, including shares or other securities or promissory obligations of any association or entity, as may be authorized by the board. If a lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition, or a series of such transactions, would dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the association, then the disposition may be made only upon a written plan of disposition prepared by the board or by a committee selected by the board for that purpose, and adopted in the same manner as provided for the adoption of a resolution of dissolution in section 1729.55 of the Revised Code. A plan of disposition shall set forth a general description or summary of the assets subject to disposition; the method of disposition; the intended transferee of the assets, if known to the board; and a general description of any material effect the board believes the disposition will have on the interests of the members and stockholders. Notice of a meeting of the members at which a plan of disposition will be voted on shall be given to all members, whether or not entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan of disposition and a ballot for those members entitled to vote on the plan.(C) The association, by its board, may abandon a plan of disposition, subject to the contract rights of other persons, if the power of abandonment is conferred upon the board either by the terms of the transaction or in the plan of disposition.(D) An action to set aside a disposition of assets by an association, on the ground that any section of the Revised Code applicable to the lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the association has not been complied with, shall be brought within ninety days after such transaction, or the action is forever barred.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.56 | Public Notice of Voluntary Dissolution.

Effective: September 3, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 288 - 125th General Assembly|Following the filing of the certificate of dissolution, the directors, members, or incorporators who filed the certificate, as the case may be, shall cause a notice of voluntary dissolution to be published once a week on the same day of each week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the principal place of business of the association was to be or is located and shall cause written notice of dissolution to be given to all known creditors of, and to all known claimants against, the dissolved association.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.60 | Receiver Appointed to Wind Up Affairs of Association.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) Whenever, after an association is dissolved voluntarily, the articles of an association have been canceled, or the period of existence of an association has expired, a receiver is appointed to wind up the affairs of the association, all the claims, demands, rights, interests, or liens of creditors, claimants, members, patrons, and stockholders shall be determined as of the day on which the receiver was appointed. Unless it is otherwise ordered, such appointment vests in the receiver and successors of the receiver the right to the immediate possession of all the property of the association, which shall, if so ordered, execute and deliver conveyances of such property to the receiver.(B) Any officer, director, member, or other person, whether a resident of the state or a nonresident and however interested, may be appointed as receiver.(C) The receiver shall have all the authority vested in the directors and officers of the association, shall exercise such authority subject to such orders as are made by the court, and may be required to qualify by giving bond to the state in such amount as the court fixes, with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of duties and for a due accounting for all money or property received.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.67 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.67 | Marketing Agreements.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) A cooperative and any member may make marketing agreements, whether written separately or contained in the bylaws, in which the member agrees to do any of the following:(1) Sell, market, or deliver all or any specified part of products produced or to be produced either by the member or under the member's control, to or through the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it;(2) Authorize the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it to act for the member in any manner with respect to all or any specified part of products produced or to be produced either by the member or under the member's control and any services to be furnished by the member;(3) Buy or procure all or a specified part of goods or services from or through the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it;(4) Authorize the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it to act for the member in any manner in the procurement of goods or services for the member.(B) The term of marketing agreements may not exceed ten years.(C) A marketing agreement authorized by division (A) of this section may require that liquidated damages be paid by the member in the event of a breach of the marketing agreement. Liquidated damages shall be specific, reasonable sums. Any provisions for liquidated damages shall be enforceable and not regarded as penalties.(D) If a member breaches or threatens to breach a marketing agreement authorized by this section, the cooperative shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the breach or any further breach, and to a decree of specific performance. Upon filing of a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach, and upon filing a sufficient bond, the cooperative is entitled to a temporary restraining order against the member.(E) If any marketing agreement authorized by division (A)(1) or (2) of this section contains an assignment to the cooperative of any part or all of the funds due or to become due the member during the life of the marketing agreement for any product produced or to be produced by the member or for any services performed or to be performed in producing any product, any person who accepts or receives the product from the member is bound by the assignment after receiving written notice from the cooperative or the member of the amount and duration of the assignment. However, as to any seasonal crop, if no funds are paid or become payable by any person under such an assignment for a period of two consecutive years during the life of the marketing agreement, thereafter the assignment shall not be binding upon any person who receives or accepts such product from the member until the assignment is reaffirmed by the member in writing and written notice is given by the cooperative or the member. Any such reaffirmation shall continue to be effective during the life of the marketing agreement until another such lapse of two consecutive years occurs.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.68 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.68 | Prohibited Acts - Injunctive Relief.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) No processor, handler, distributor, or dealer, or agent thereof, who purchases or contracts to purchase any product from a person who produced the product, or procures for, sells, or otherwise furnishes inputs, services, or supplies to a person shall do either of the following:(1) Use duress against, coerce, or boycott the person in the exercise of the person's rights to join and belong to a cooperative;(2) Discriminate against the person with respect to price, quantity, or quality, or other terms of purchase or sale of products or produce, services, or supplies, solely by reason of the person's membership in or marketing agreement with a cooperative.(B) A member or cooperative on behalf of its member or members may bring an action to enjoin any violation of this section, and, upon filing a sufficient bond, a cooperative is entitled to a temporary restraining order against anyone who violates or threatens to violate this section as set forth in the complaint in the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred. Actions against different defendants may be consolidated, in the discretion of the court, if the alleged violations are of the same provision, have occurred in the same or adjoining counties, relate to the same product, service, or supply, and the consolidation can be made without prejudice to a substantial right of any defendant.(C) Any person who solicits or persuades or permits or aids or abets, induces, or attempts to induce, any member or other person to breach a marketing agreement with a cooperative, by accepting or receiving from the member or other person, products for sale, marketing, manufacturing, or processing for sale, contrary to the terms of any marketing agreement of which the interfering person has knowledge or notice, is liable to the cooperative for damages caused by such interference, and the cooperative is entitled to an injunction against the interfering person to prevent further breaches and a multiplicity of actions.(D) Any person that violates or threatens to violate this section shall pay to the cooperative the cooperative's reasonable attorney's fees and other costs incurred by the cooperative in any litigation or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce or defend the cooperative's rights and interests that are protected under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.69 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.69 | Unfair Marketing Practices.

Effective: September 3, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 288 - 125th General Assembly|(A) No handler shall commit an unfair marketing practice, as defined in division (B) of this section, whenever a marketing cooperative has been authorized by its members to bargain on behalf of its members for sales contracts with the handler and any of the following conditions exist:(1) Members of the marketing cooperative are obligated to produce and deliver agricultural products or produce under sales contracts negotiated by the marketing cooperative.(2) Members of the marketing cooperative represent, on the yearly average calculated over the immediate two preceding calendar years, at least fifty-one per cent of the producers who delivered agricultural products or produce to the specified facility of the handler under sales contracts.(3) Members of the marketing cooperative delivered, under sales contracts, on the yearly average calculated over the immediate two preceding calendar years, at least fifty per cent of the total amount of agricultural products delivered to the specified facility of the handler under sales contracts.(4) The marketing cooperative, if requested by the handler, presents to the handler copies of the agreements with its members authorizing the marketing cooperative to bargain on behalf of its members for sales contracts for the agricultural products that are the subject of the sales contract under negotiation.(B) For purposes of this section, it is an unfair marketing practice if either of the following applies:(1) If the handler or the marketing cooperative that is bargaining fails to bargain in good faith in negotiating sales contracts for agricultural products to be delivered to a facility of the handler;(2) If a handler enters into a sales contract directly with a producer, pertaining to agricultural products to be delivered to the same facility, with the intent to cause the marketing cooperative to fail to meet the conditions set forth in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.70 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.70 | Agricultural Cooperative Not Illegal.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) An agricultural cooperative is not a conspiracy, a combination in restraint of trade, an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily; and the marketing agreements between such an agricultural cooperative and its members, or any other marketing agreements or sales contracts authorized or described in sections 1729.67 to 1729.70 of the Revised Code, are not illegal as such, in unlawful restraint of trade, or part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose.(B) An agricultural cooperative, upon resolution of its board, may enter into marketing agreements and other arrangements with any other agricultural cooperative. Any two or more agricultural cooperatives may, by agreement between them, unite in employing or separately employ the same personnel, methods, means, and agencies for carrying on their respective businesses. Agricultural cooperatives, acting singly or collectively, may meet in conference with two or more purchasers of their products who are acting collectively, and may at the conference fix by agreement the prices to be paid by the purchasers to the agricultural cooperative for the products. Such concerted action by the purchasers is not a contract in restraint of trade.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.76 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.76 | Foreign Association.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|Any foreign association may carry on any proper activities in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations desiring to do business in this state. All contracts that could be made by any association incorporated under this chapter and that are made by or with such foreign associations, shall be enforceable in this state with all of the remedies set forth in this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.80 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.80 | Membership in Other Organizations.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other cooperative, corporation, or other form of organization.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.84 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.84 | Exemptions for Agricultural Products.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|Any exemptions under any law applying to agricultural products in the possession or under the control of the individual producer also shall apply to such products delivered by its producer members, as long as such products are in the possession or under the control of an agricultural cooperative.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.85 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.85 | Stock Not Considered Securities.

Effective: September 3, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 288 - 125th General Assembly|Membership stock and patronage stock of a cooperative are not to be considered securities under Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.86 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.86 | Application of Laws.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter applies to all associations, whether organized under this chapter prior to the effective date of this section or on or after that date.(B) Any law that is in conflict with this chapter shall be construed as not applying to associations provided for in this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 1729.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law|Section 1729.99 | Penalty.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 1729.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars for each offense.(B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1729.68 or commits an unfair marketing practice as defined in section 1729.69 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 1731.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1731 | Small Employer Health Care Alliances|Section 1731.02 | Encouraging Alliances of Small Employers to Obtain Health Benefit Plans.

Effective: January 14, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 478 - 119th General Assembly|(A) It is determined and declared that the provision of health care to employees and retirees in this state and to their dependents and families is of paramount public importance to the economic and general welfare of the people of the state, that rising costs of health care have made it difficult for small employers to provide for health care benefits, that the creation of alliances of small employers to bargain with insurers better assures the obtaining of adequate coverage and benefits under health benefit plans at affordable costs and that the larger the number of employees and other covered persons under such alliance, the more certain is the achievement of those objectives, and that it is the public policy and a public purpose of the state to encourage alliances of small employers to obtain health benefit plans, and to permit flexibility in the coverage and benefits thereunder and encourage substantial size in such alliances, in order to enhance strength in bargaining and economies of scale and thereby achieve broader coverage and benefit options at reduced costs.(B) The provisions and authority under and benefits provided by this chapter shall be liberally construed and applied toward the achievement of the public objectives set forth in division (A) of this section.(C) The provisions and authority provided by this chapter are in addition to and not in derogation of other authority under law and do not reflect adversely on any existing or future health benefit organization, program, or arrangement for the benefit of more than one employer that is established under other authority. Any such organization, program, or arrangement that fits the definitions of "small employer health care alliance" and "alliance program," respectively, in section 1731.01 of the Revised Code and otherwise conforms to the applicable conditions and provisions of this chapter is entitled to all applicable benefits under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 1731.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1731 | Small Employer Health Care Alliances|Section 1731.021 | Obtaining Certificate of Authority From Superintendent of Insurance.

Effective: November 24, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 150 - 121st General Assembly|(A) No organization, on or after July 1, 1996, shall sponsor an alliance health care program without first obtaining a certificate of authority from the superintendent of insurance.(B) Application for a certificate of authority to sponsor an alliance program shall be made by an organization in writing and in the form prescribed by the superintendent.(C) The superintendent shall, within ninety days after receipt of an application filed pursuant to division (B) of this section, do either of the following:(1) Grant a certificate of authority to the applicant if the superintendent determines that the applicant is in compliance with this chapter and any rules adopted thereunder.(2) Deny the application for a certificate of authority if the superintendent determines that the applicant is not in compliance with this chapter or any rules adopted thereunder. A notice of the denial shall be mailed to the applicant within thirty days after the superintendent makes the determination. The notice shall specify the reasons for the denial and shall state that the applicant may request a hearing within thirty days after the date the notice was mailed.(D) A certificate of authority granted under this section shall remain in effect through the thirtieth day of June following the date it was granted.(E) The superintendent shall, at least sixty days prior to the expiration of a certificate of authority, provide notice to the organization of the need for filing a renewal application.(F) A certificate of authority may be renewed for the ensuing twelve-month period commencing on the first day of July by an organization's filing an application in accordance with division (B) of this section. The superintendent shall renew the certificate of authority if the superintendent determines that the applicant meets the standards set forth in division (C) of this section for an initial certificate.(G) No insurer or organization shall use the term "alliance," "small employer health care alliance," "alliance program," "alliance health care program," or any other similar term with respect to a health benefit program unless the organization that sponsors the program has been granted a certificate of authority under this section.