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MO Rev Stat § 394.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.100 - Articles to be filed with secretary of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.100. Articles to be filed with secretary of state. — 1. Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged in duplicate and accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable provisions of this chapter, shall be presented to the secretary of state for filing in the records of his office.  2. If the secretary of state shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of this chapter, he shall, upon the payment of the fees as in this chapter provided, file one copy of the articles so presented in the records of his office and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. The secretary of state immediately upon the filing in his office of any articles pursuant to this chapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof, with the certified copy of the certificate of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution, as the case may be, attached, to the recorder of deeds of the county in which the principal office of each cooperative or corporation affected by such incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution shall be located.  3. The recorder of deeds of any county, upon receipt of any such certified copy, shall file, record and index the same in the records of his office, but the failure of the secretary of state or of a recorder of deeds of a county to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate such articles.  4. The provisions of this section shall also apply to certificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of compliance executed pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of section 394.240. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5404)
MO Rev Stat § 394.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.110 - Bylaws to be adopted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.110. Bylaws to be adopted. — The original bylaws of a cooperative may be adopted by its board of directors or stockholders. Thereafter bylaws shall be adopted, amended or repealed by its members. The bylaws shall set forth the rights and duties of members and directors and may contain other provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative not inconsistent with this chapter or with its articles of incorporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5393)
MO Rev Stat § 394.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.130 - Territory supplied by cooperative may be divided into voting districts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.130. Territory supplied by cooperative may be divided into voting districts. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the bylaws may provide that the territory in which a cooperative supplies electric energy to its members may be divided into two or more voting districts for the purpose of properly distributing its directors over the area in which its members reside. In such case the bylaws shall prescribe the manner in which such voting districts shall function in the election of directors at annual meetings. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5396)
MO Rev Stat § 394.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.140 - Directors to manage cooperative.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.140. Directors to manage cooperative. — 1. The business and affairs of a cooperative shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, each of whom shall be a member of the cooperative. The bylaws shall prescribe the number of directors, their qualifications, other than those provided for in this chapter, the manner of holding meetings of the board of directors and of the election of successors to directors who shall resign, die, or otherwise be incapable of acting. The bylaws may also provide for the removal of directors from office and for the election of their successors. Without approval of the members, directors shall not receive any salaries for their services as directors. The bylaws may, however, provide that a fixed fee and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed to each director for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors.  2. The directors of a cooperative named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger or conversion, as the case may be, shall hold office until the next following annual meeting of the members or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.  3. The bylaws shall provide that the directors shall be divided into three classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, with the term of office of the directors of the first class to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting and the term of the second class to expire at the second succeeding annual meeting, and the term of the third class to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting. At each annual meeting after such classification a number of directors equal to the number of the class whose term expires at the time of such meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting.  4. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.  5. If a husband and wife hold a joint membership in a cooperative, either one, but not both, may be elected a director.  6. The board of directors may exercise all of the powers of a cooperative except such as are conferred upon the members by this chapter, or its articles of incorporation or bylaws. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5395)  (1965) This section construed to authorize payment of salaries to directors when approved by the members. Triplett v. Grundy Electric Cooperative, Inc. (A.), 389 S.W.2d 401.
MO Rev Stat § 394.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.150 - Officers — removal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.150. Officers — removal. — The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually. No person shall continue to hold the offices of president or vice president after he shall have ceased to be a director. The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person and need not be a member of the board of directors. The board of directors may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents, or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof. Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the bylaws. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5397)
MO Rev Stat § 394.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.160 - Rules and regulations prescribed by public service commission — limitation on jurisdiction of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   394.160. Rules and regulations prescribed by public service commission — limitation on jurisdiction of commission. — 1. Every cooperative constructing, maintaining and operating its electric transmission or distribution lines shall construct, maintain and operate such lines in conformity with the rules and regulations relating to the manner and methods of construction, maintenance and operation and as to safety of the public and as to induction or electrical interference with other lines now or hereafter from time to time prescribed by the public service commission for the construction, maintenance and operation of electric transmission or distribution lines or system. The jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the public service commission shall extend to every such cooperative so far as concerns the construction, maintenance and operation of the physical equipment of such cooperative to the extent of providing for the safety of the public and the elimination or lessening of induction or electrical interference, including the power to minimize retail distribution electric line duplication for the sole purpose of providing for the safety of employees and the general public in those cases when, upon complaint, the commission finds that a proposed retail distribution electric line cannot be constructed in compliance with commission safety rules. The jurisdiction of the public service commission shall be extended only to the extent provided in this section, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as otherwise conferring upon such commission jurisdiction over the service, rates, financing, accounting or management of any such cooperative.  2. Applications, notices, hearings, findings and orders, and all other proceedings before the commission, in pursuance of the powers and duties herein conferred upon such commission, and review thereof, shall be the same as now or hereafter provided by law for other similar proceedings before the commission and review thereof.  3. The commission may retain jurisdiction of any such cause for the purpose of making such supplemental orders in such cause as may be necessary in furtherance of the purposes of this section, or for the purpose of modifying or amending the terms of, or revoking any permit granted under, the provisions of this section for failure to comply with such rules, regulations, findings and orders made by the commission under authority of this section. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5389, A.L. 1979 H.B. 186)
MO Rev Stat § 394.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.170 - Revenues of cooperative — disposition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.170. Revenues of cooperative — disposition. — 1. Revenues of a cooperative for any fiscal year in excess of the amount thereof necessary:  (1) To defray expenses of the cooperative and of the operation and maintenance of its facilities during such fiscal year;  (2) To pay interest and principal obligations of the cooperative coming due in such fiscal year;  (3) To finance, or to provide a reserve for the financing of, the construction or acquisition by the cooperative of additional facilities to the extent determined by the board of directors;  (4) To provide a reasonable reserve for working capital;  (5) To provide a reserve for the payment of indebtedness of the cooperative maturing more than one year after the date of the incurrence of such indebtedness in an amount not less than the total of the interest and principal payments in respect thereof required to be made during the next following fiscal year; and  (6) To provide a fund for education in cooperation and for the dissemination of information concerning the effective use of electric energy and other services made available by the cooperative; ­­shall, unless otherwise determined by a vote of the members, be distributed by the cooperative to its members as patronage refunds prorated in accordance with the patronage of the cooperative by the respective members paid for during such fiscal year.  2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the payment by a cooperative of all or any part of its indebtedness prior to the date when the same shall become due. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5405)
MO Rev Stat § 394.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.180 - Sale of property by cooperative — membership approval required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   394.180. Sale of property by cooperative — membership approval required. — 1. A cooperative may not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, except by mortgage, or deeds of trust, all or any substantial portion of its property unless such sale, lease, or other disposition is authorized at a duly held meeting of the members thereof by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of the cooperative, and unless the notice of such proposed sale, lease or other disposition shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.  2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board of directors of a cooperative, without authorization by the members thereof, shall have full power and authority to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage or mortgages or a deed or deeds of trust upon, or the pledging or encumbering of, any or all of the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the cooperative, whether acquired or to be acquired, and wherever situated, as well as the revenues and income therefrom, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the cooperative to the United States of America or any instrumentality or agency thereof, or to any bank or other financial institution or organization. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5406, A.L. 1971 H.B. 126)
MO Rev Stat § 394.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.190 - Effect of mortgage or deed of trust executed by cooperative.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.190. Effect of mortgage or deed of trust executed by cooperative. — Any mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument executed by a cooperative or foreign corporation transacting business in this state pursuant to this chapter, which, by its terms, creates a lien upon real and personal property then owned or after-acquired, and which is recorded as a mortgage of* real property in any county in which such property is located or is to be located, shall have the same force and effect as if the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument were also recorded or filed in the proper office in such county as a mortgage of personal property. Recordation of any such mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument shall cause the lien thereof to attach to all after-acquired property of the mortgagor of the nature therein described as being mortgaged or pledged thereby immediately upon the acquisition thereof by the mortgagor, and such liens shall be superior to all claims of creditors of the mortgagor and purchasers of such property and to all other liens, except liens of prior record, affecting such property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5408)  *Word "or" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 394.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.200 - Cooperative of adjacent state may extend lines and transact business in this state, when — service of process on, how made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   394.200. Cooperative of adjacent state may extend lines and transact business in this state, when — service of process on, how made. — 1. Any corporation organized on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis for the purpose of supplying electric energy in rural areas and owning and operating electric transmission or distribution lines in a state adjacent to this state shall be permitted to extend its lines into and to transact business in this state without complying with any statute of this state pertaining to the qualification of foreign corporations for the transaction of business in this state. Any such foreign corporation, as a prerequisite to the extension of its lines into and the transaction of business in this state, shall, by an instrument executed and acknowledged in its behalf by its president or vice president under its corporate seal attested by its secretary, designate the secretary of state its agent to accept service of process in its behalf.  2. In the event any process shall be served upon the secretary of state, he shall forthwith forward the same by registered mail to such corporation at the address thereof specified in such instrument.  3. Any such corporation may sue and be sued in the courts of this state to the same extent that a cooperative may sue or be sued in such courts.  4. Any such foreign corporation may secure its notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or other encumbrance upon any or all of its then owned or after-acquired real or personal property, assets, or franchises, located or to be located in this state, and also upon the revenues and income thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5411)
MO Rev Stat § 394.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.210 - Cooperatives may consolidate, how.

Effective - 11 Jul 1991   394.210. Cooperatives may consolidate, how. — Any two or more cooperatives, each of which is herein designated a "consolidating cooperative", may consolidate into a new cooperative, herein designated "the new cooperative", by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposition for the consolidation of the consolidating cooperatives into the new cooperative and proposed articles of consolidation to give effect thereto shall be first approved by the board of directors of each consolidating cooperative. The proposed articles of consolidation shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:  (a) The name of each consolidating cooperative, the address of its principal office, and the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state;  (b) The name of the new cooperative and the address of its principal office;  (c) The names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute the first board of directors of the new cooperative;  (d) The terms and conditions of the consolidation and the mode of carrying the same into effect, including the manner and basis of converting memberships in each consolidating cooperative into memberships in the new cooperative and the issuance of certificates of membership in respect of such converted membership; and  (e) Any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of the new cooperative;  (2) The proposition for the consolidation of the consolidating cooperatives into the new cooperative and the proposed articles of consolidation approved by the board of directors of each consolidating cooperative shall then be submitted to a vote of the members thereof at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed consolidation. The proposed consolidation and the proposed articles of consolidation shall be deemed to be approved upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of each cooperative present at the meeting and voting on the issue; and  (3) (a) Upon such approval by the members of the respective consolidating cooperatives, articles of consolidation in the form approved shall be executed and acknowledged in duplicate on behalf of each consolidating cooperative by its president or vice president and its seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary;  (b) The president or vice president of each consolidating cooperative executing such articles of consolidation shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with by such cooperative;  (c) Such articles of consolidation and affidavits shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing as provided in this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5399, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)  Effective 7-11-91
MO Rev Stat § 394.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 394 - Rural Electric Cooperatives|Section 394.220 - Cooperatives may merge, how.

Effective - 11 Jul 1991   394.220. Cooperatives may merge, how. — Any one or more cooperatives, each of which is herein designated a "merging cooperative", may merge into another cooperative, herein designated the "surviving cooperative", by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposition for the merger of the merging cooperatives into the surviving cooperative and proposed articles of merger to give effect thereto shall be first approved by the board of directors of each merging cooperative and by the board of directors of the surviving cooperative. The proposed articles of merger shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:  (a) The name of each merging cooperative, the address of its principal office, and the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state;  (b) The name of the surviving cooperative and the address of its principal office;  (c) A statement that the merging cooperatives elect to be merged into the surviving cooperative;  (d) The terms and conditions of the merger and the mode of carrying the same into effect, including the manner and basis of converting the memberships in the merging cooperative or cooperatives into memberships in the surviving cooperative and the issuance of certificates of memberships in respect of such converted memberships; and  (e) Any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of the business and affairs of the surviving cooperative;  (2) The proposition for the merger of the merging cooperatives into the surviving cooperative and the proposed articles of merger approved by the board of directors of the respective cooperatives, parties to the proposed merger, shall then be submitted to a vote of the members of each such cooperative at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth full particulars concerning the proposed merger. The proposed merger and the proposed articles of merger shall be deemed to be approved upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of each cooperative present at the meeting and voting on the issue; and  (3) (a) Upon such approval by the members of the respective cooperatives, parties to the proposed merger, articles of merger in the form approved shall be executed and acknowledged in duplicate on behalf of each such cooperative by its president or vice president and its seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary;  (b) The president or vice president of each cooperative executing such articles of merger shall also make and annex thereto an affidavit stating that the provisions of this section were duly complied with by such cooperative;  (c) Such articles of merger and affidavits shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing as provided in this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5400, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)  Effective 7-11-91