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AL Code § 2-10-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-62 - Certificate of Membership; Stock of Association; Member's Liability for Association's Debts.

Section 2-10-62Certificate of membership; stock of association; member's liability for association's debts. When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership. No association shall issue stock to a member until it has been fully paid for. The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but such retention as security shall not affect the member's right to vote. Except for debts lawfully contracted between him and the association, no member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his membership fee or his subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balance or any promissory notes given in payment thereof. No stockholder of a cooperative association shall own more than 20 percent of the common stock of the association, and an association in its bylaws may limit the amount of common stock which one member may own to any amount less than 20 percent of the common stock. No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote. Any association organized with stock under this article may issue preferred stock, with or without the right to vote. Such stock may be redeemable or retirable by the association on such terms and conditions as may be provided for by the articles of incorporation and printed on the face of the certificate. The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock of the association to persons not engaged in the production of the agricultural products handled by the association, and such restrictions must be printed upon every certificate of stock subject thereto. The association may at any time except, when the debts of the association exceed 50 percent of the assets thereof, buy in or purchase its common stock at book value thereof as conclusively determined by the board of directors and pay for it in cash within one year thereafter. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7139; Code 1940, T. 2, §97.)
AL Code § 2-10-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-63 - Removal of Officer or Director.

Section 2-10-63Removal of officer or director. Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by 10 percent of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association; and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy. The director or officer against whom such charges have been brought shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses, and the person or persons bringing the charges against him shall have the same opportunity. In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by 20 percent of the members residing in the district from which he was elected. The board of directors must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director. By a vote of a majority of the members of that district, the director in question shall be removed from office. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7140; Code 1940, T. 2, §98.)
AL Code § 2-10-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-64 - Referring Questions to Entire Membership.

Section 2-10-64Referring questions to entire membership. Upon demand of one third of the entire board of directors, any matter that has been approved or passed by the board must be referred to the entire membership or the stockholders for decision at the next special or regular meeting, but a special meeting may be called for the purpose. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7141; Code 1940, T. 2, §99.)
AL Code § 2-10-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-65 - Marketing Contracts.

Section 2-10-65Marketing contracts. The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts, requiring the members to sell, for any period of time not over 10 years, all or any specified part of their agricultural products or specified commodities exclusively to or through the association or any facilities to be created by the association. The contract may provide that the association may sell or resell the products of its members, with or without taking title thereto, and pay over to its members the resale price, after deducting all necessary selling, overhead and other costs and expenses, including interest on preferred stock, not exceeding eight percent per annum, and reserves for retiring the stock, if any, and other proper reserves and interest not exceeding eight percent per annum upon common stock or other items deemed proper. The bylaws and the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specified sums to be paid by the member or stockholder to the association upon the breach by him of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products and may further provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses and fees in case any action is brought upon the contract by the association, and any such provisions shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of this state. In the event of any such breach or threatened breach of such marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a judgment of specific performance thereof. Pending the adjudication of such an action, upon filing a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach, upon filing a sufficient bond and upon notification of the member and a hearing, the association shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the member. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §§7142, 7143; Code 1940, T. 2, §§100, 101.)
AL Code § 2-10-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-66 - Exchange of Stock.

Section 2-10-66Exchange of stock. Whenever an association organized under this article with preferred capital stock shall purchase the stock or any property or any interest in any property of any person, firm, corporation or association, it may discharge the obligations so incurred, wholly or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest shares of its preferred capital stock to an amount which at par value would equal a fair market value of the stock or interest so purchased, as determined by the board of directors. In that case the transfer to the association of the stock or interest purchased shall be equivalent to payment in cash for the shares of stock issued. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7144; Code 1940, T. 2, §102.)
AL Code § 2-10-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-67 - Annual Report of Association.

Section 2-10-67Annual report of association. Each association formed under this article shall prepare and make out an annual report on forms furnished by the Secretary of State, containing the name of the association, its principal place of business and a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, showing the amount of capital stock paid up and the number of stockholders of a stock association or the number of members and amount of membership fees received, if a nonstock association, the expenses of operations, the amount of its indebtedness or liability and its balance sheets. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7145; Code 1940, T. 2, §103.)
AL Code § 2-10-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-68 - Conflicting Laws Not Applicable.

Section 2-10-68Conflicting laws not applicable. Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this article shall not be construed as applying to the associations provided for in this article. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7146; Code 1940, T. 2, §104.)
AL Code § 2-10-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-69 - Association May Form, Own or Control Another Corporation.

Section 2-10-69Association may form, own or control another corporation. The association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of or be a member of any other corporation or corporations, with or without capital stock, engaged in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, ginning, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing or selling the agricultural products handled by the association or the by-products thereof. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7148; Code 1940, T. 2, §106.)
AL Code § 2-10-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-70 - Agreements Between Associations.

Section 2-10-70Agreements between associations. Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, contracts and arrangements with any other cooperative corporation, association or associations formed in this or in any other state for the cooperative and more economical carrying on of its business or any part or parts thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same methods, means and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective business. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7150; Code 1940, T. 2, §108.)
AL Code § 2-10-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-71 - Association Not a Monopoly.

Section 2-10-71Association not a monopoly. No association organized under this article shall be deemed to be a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly or an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily, nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members or any agreements authorized in this article be considered illegal or in restraint of trade. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7152; Code 1940, T. 2, §110.)
AL Code § 2-10-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-72 - Applicability of General Corporation Laws.

Section 2-10-72Applicability of general corporation laws. The provisions of the general corporation laws of this state and all powers and rights thereunder shall apply to the associations organized under this article, except where such provisions are in conflict with or inconsistent with the express provisions of this article. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7153; Code 1940, T. 2, §111.)
AL Code § 2-10-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-73 - Fees to Probate Judges and Secretary of State.

Section 2-10-73Fees to probate judges and Secretary of State. For examining and filing corporation papers under provisions of this article, the probate judge in whose office the same is filed shall receive a fee of $2.00 and be paid $.15 per 100 words for recording the same. The Secretary of State for the use of the state shall be paid $5.00 for filing a certificate of incorporation forwarded by the probate judge as provided by law. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7154; Code 1940, T. 2, §112.)
AL Code § 2-10-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 3 - Incorporated Marketing Associations.|Section 2-10-74 - Fees for Filing Articles of Incorporation.

Section 2-10-74Fees for filing articles of incorporation. For filing articles of incorporation, an association organized under this article shall pay $10.00, and for filing an amendment to the articles, $2.50. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 38; Code 1923, §7155; Code 1940, T. 2, §113.)
AL Code § 2-10-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-90 - Definitions.

Section 2-10-90Definitions. The following terms, as used in this article, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) PRODUCERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Individual persons, partnerships, associations and corporations who produce such products either directly or as landlords, tenants or sharecroppers. (2) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. The products of field, pasture, meadow and garden; fruits, melons, berries, nuts, vegetables, livestock, poultry and poultry products, dairy products, fish, aquatic and seafood products and all other things commonly known as agricultural products. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §130; Acts 1973, No. 1134, p. 1915, §2.)
AL Code § 2-10-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-91 - Purposes of Article.

Section 2-10-91Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to promote the general welfare of agriculture; to enable producers of agricultural products, whether in the State of Alabama or not, to cooperate in the production, processing, packing, distribution, financing and marketing of agricultural products and in the manufacturing, supplying or selling of machinery, equipment, or supplies used in connection with the production of said agricultural products or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; and to enable such producers to organize incorporated associations with or without capital stock and not for profit but for service to their members by the organization and operation of such corporations by a simplified and inexpensive procedure for the promotion and accomplishment of such cooperative and the general welfare of agriculture. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §115.)
AL Code § 2-10-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-92 - How Association May Be Formed; Amendments to Articles of Incorporation.

Section 2-10-92How association may be formed; amendments to articles of incorporation. Five or more producers of agricultural products, whether in the State of Alabama or not, who may desire that they, their associates and successors shall come under this article and enjoy its benefits may enter into articles of association and incorporation which shall set forth the name of the organization, the period of its existence, its domicile and the purposes for which it was formed and that said association is to be organized or operated under this article. The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation law of this state. When so filed the said articles of incorporation or certified copies thereof shall be received in all the courts of the state and other places as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and the due incorporation of such association. Such articles of incorporation may thereafter be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the members or stockholders or at any special meeting called for that purpose, if a quorum, as defined in the bylaws, is present. The amendment must first be approved by two thirds of the directors and then adopted by vote of two thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting. Amendments when so adopted shall be filed in accordance with the general corporation laws of the state. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §116; Acts 1959, No. 592, p. 1480.)
AL Code § 2-10-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-93 - Organization Generally; Adoption of Bylaws.

Section 2-10-93Organization generally; adoption of bylaws. A majority of the organizing members named in the articles of incorporation, at a time and place agreed upon in writing by all the said organizers, or when and where all are present, or upon call of a majority of such organizers upon five days' notice thereof, in writing, giving the time, place, and purposes of the meeting, mailed or delivered by hand to all of the other said organizing members, may make permanent organization of such corporation and adopt bylaws for the same, which bylaws may thereafter be amended or repealed by the members of such incorporated association in the manner provided in the bylaws. At such organization meeting, the members of the board of directors and such officers as provided for in this article and in the bylaws shall be elected. Each association incorporated under this article shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted in this article. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §117; Acts 1959, No. 592, p. 1480.)
AL Code § 2-10-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-94 - Board of Directors.

Section 2-10-94Board of directors. The affairs of an association incorporated under this article shall be conducted, controlled and managed by a board of directors of such number, not to be less than five, and with such terms of office as may be provided by the bylaws. The said directors shall be elected by the members or stockholders of the association from their own number. When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board by a majority vote shall fill the vacancy until the next regular meeting of the members of the association. An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service. No director, during his term of office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members or holders of stock of the association. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §118; Acts 1959, No. 592, p. 1480.)
AL Code § 2-10-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-95 - Election and Duties of Officers.

Section 2-10-95Election and duties of officers. The board of directors shall elect from its number a president and one or more vice-presidents. It shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer who need not be directors, and it may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer. The duties of said officers shall be those usual to like officers in corporations and such other additional duties as may be designated in the bylaws. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §119.)
AL Code § 2-10-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-96 - Voting by Mail or Proxy; Fees and Dues.

Section 2-10-96Voting by mail or proxy; fees and dues. The bylaws may provide, among other things, for voting by the members by mail or by proxy in writing and for membership fees and dues and shall provide how membership in the incorporated association may be acquired and lost. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §120.)
AL Code § 2-10-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 10 - Cooperatives and Associations.|Article 4 - Mutual Farming or Trucking Associations.|Section 2-10-97 - Membership.

Section 2-10-97Membership. Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its bylaws, an association may admit as members or issue common stock or certificates of membership only to persons engaged in the production of agricultural products, including the lessees and tenants of land used for the production of such products and lessors and landlords who receive as rent part of the crops raised on the leased premises. If a member of a nonstock association shall be other than a natural person, such member may be represented by an individual, associate, officer, manager or member thereof duly authorized in writing. All membership shall be personal to the member and equal in right and shall not be transferable, assignable, vendable, inheritable, devisable or seizable, and each member shall have one vote only. (Acts 1935, No. 220, p. 604; Code 1940, T. 2, §121.)