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HI Rev Stat § 420D-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|420D. Sustainable Business Corporations|420D-9 Benefit officer.

  §420D-9 Benefit officer. (a) A sustainable business corporation may have an officer designated as the benefit officer who shall have the authority and shall perform the duties in the management of the sustainable business corporation relating to the purpose of the corporation to create general or specific public benefit as may be provided by or pursuant to the bylaws or, in the absence of controlling provisions in the bylaws, as may be determined by or pursuant to resolutions or orders of the board of directors. If a sustainable business corporation has a benefit officer, the duties of the benefit officer shall include preparing the benefit report required by section 420D-11.  (b) A benefit officer shall be independent of and shall have no material relationship with the sustainable business corporation. [L 2011, c 209, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 420D-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|420D. Sustainable Business Corporations|420D-10 Right of action.

  §420D-10 Right of action. The shareholders and directors of a sustainable business corporation shall have the right to bring direct or derivative claims to enforce corporate purposes and the standards for directors as set forth in section 414-221(a) and shall have the right to bring direct or derivative claims to enforce the general or specific public benefit purposes of the sustainable business corporation and the standard of conduct for directors pursuant to section 420D-6(a)(1). [L 2011, c 209, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 420D-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|420D. Sustainable Business Corporations|420D-12 Third-party standard.

  §420D-12 Third-party standard. A third-party standard for purposes of defining, reporting, and assessing overall corporate social and environmental performance of a sustainable business corporation subject to this chapter shall be:  (1) Comprehensive in its assessment of the effect of the business and its operations upon the interests listed in section 420D-6(a);  (2) Developed by an organization that is independent of the sustainable business corporation; and  (3) Transparent because the following information is publicly available:  (A) The criteria considered when measuring the overall social and environmental performance of a business, as well as the relative weightings of those criteria;  (B) The identity of the directors, officers, any material owners, and the governing body of the organization that developed and controls revisions to the standard;  (C) The process by which revisions to the standard are made;  (D) The process by which changes to the membership of the governing body of the organization that developed and controls revisions to the standard are made; and  (E) An accounting of the sources of financial support for the organization that developed and controls revisions to the standard, with sufficient detail to disclose any relationships that could reasonably be considered to present a potential conflict of interest. [L 2011, c 209, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 420D-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|420D. Sustainable Business Corporations|420D-13 Ministerial role of department director.

  §420D-13 Ministerial role of department director. Section 414-16 shall apply to any filings made by a sustainable business corporation. [L 2011, c 209, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 421-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-2 Purposes.

 §421-2 Purposes. An association may be organized for the purpose of engaging in any cooperative activity for producers of agricultural products in connection with:   (1) Producing, assembling, marketing, buying or selling agricultural products or harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, manufacturing, blending, canning, packing, ginning, grading, storing, warehousing, handling, shipping, or utilizing the products, or manufacturing or marketing the byproducts, thereof; provided seventy-five per cent of such agricultural products shall be of Hawaiian origin;   (2) Manufacturing, buying for or supplying to its members machinery, equipment, feed, fertilizer, fuel, seeds, and other agricultural supplies;   (3) Performing or furnishing business or educational services, on a cooperative basis, or to its members;   (4) Financing any of the above enumerated activities for its members. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 137, §1(a); RL 1955, §176-4; HRS §421-2; am L 1972, c 103, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 421-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-3 Qualifications of incorporators.

 §421-3 Qualifications of incorporators. Three or more adult persons, engaged in agriculture as bona fide producers of agricultural products, or two or more associations of such producers, may form an association under this chapter. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-3; HRS §421-3]
HI Rev Stat § 421-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-4 Articles of incorporation.

  §421-4 Articles of incorporation.  (a) Articles of incorporation shall be certified and executed by each of the incorporators, if natural persons, and by the president and secretary of the association and shall contain the following:  (1) The name of the association;   (2) The mailing address of the association's principal office, the street address of the association's initial registered office, and the name of its initial registered agent at its initial registered office;  (3) The purposes and powers of the association;   (4) The proposed duration of the association;   (5) The names and addresses of persons who are to act as the initial directors and officers of the association;  (6) The names and addresses of the incorporators, and if organized with capital stock, a statement of the number of shares subscribed by each, which shall not be less than one, and the class of shares for which each subscribed;   (7) Whether organized with or without capital stock, and if organized with capital stock the total authorized number of shares and the par value of each share, if any; and if more than one class of stock is authorized, a description of the classes of shares, the number of shares in each class, the relative rights, preferences, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class, and the dividends to which each class shall be entitled; and  (8) If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member are equal or unequal, and if unequal, the rule by which the rights and interests shall be determined.  (b) The articles may also contain any other provisions consistent with law for regulating the association's business or the conduct of its affairs, the establishment of voting districts, the election of delegates to represent the districts and the members residing therein, for voting by proxy, and the issuance, retirement, and transfer of membership and stock. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 137, §1(b); RL 1955, §176-5; HRS §421-4; am L 1972, c 103, §2; am L 1973, c 42, §1; am L 1988, c 373, §18; am L 2003, c 124, §43]
HI Rev Stat § 421-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-5 Name.

 §421-5 Name. Section 414D-61 shall apply to associations formed under this chapter and no domestic corporation not organized under this chapter shall use the word "cooperative" as a part of its name. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 137, §1(c); RL 1955, §176-6; HRS §421-5; am L 1983, c 167, §11(1); am L 1985, c 270, §4; am L 1988, c 370, §3; am L 2001, c 129, §62; am L 2002, c 40, §56]
HI Rev Stat § 421-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-6 Filing and recording articles of incorporation, etc.

 §421-6 Filing and recording articles of incorporation, etc. (a) The articles of incorporation and any articles of amendment thereof shall be filed in the office of the director of commerce and consumer affairs and shall at all times during business hours be open to the inspection of the public without charge.  (b) A certified copy of the articles or of a certificate of incorporation issued by the director shall be filed with the department of agriculture.  (c) On the filing of the articles of incorporation with the director, the persons who have subscribed the articles, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall thereafter be a body corporate by the name and style provided in the articles; shall have succession and corporate existence for such term as shall have been agreed upon, which may be perpetual; shall have all of the powers and be subject to all of the liabilities provided for in this chapter; and shall be subject to all general laws in regard to the associations.  (d) No person dealing with the association shall be charged with constructive notice of the contents of the articles or amendments thereto by reason of the filing or recording.  (e) Except for annual reports, statutes and fees that apply to domestic profit corporations shall apply to stock associations. Except for annual reports, statutes and fees that apply to domestic nonprofit corporations shall apply to nonstock associations. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, § §15, 22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; am L 1963, c 114, §3; HRS §421-6; am L 1972, c 103, §3; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17 and c 167, §11(2); am L 1985, c 270, §4; am L 1988, c 373, §19; am L 2002, c 40, §57; am L 2004, c 121, §24]
HI Rev Stat § 421-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-7 Amendments of articles of incorporation.

 §421-7 Amendments of articles of incorporation. (a) An association may amend its articles of incorporation by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members voting thereon at any regular meeting, or at a special meeting called for the purpose, or if the association permits its members to vote on the basis of patronage, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members and of two-thirds of the patronage, voting thereon. A written or printed notice of the proposed amendment, and of the time and place of holding the meetings shall be delivered to each member, or mailed to the member's last known address as shown by the books of the association, at least thirty days prior to any such meetings. No amendment affecting the preferential rights of any outstanding stock shall be adopted until the written consent of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding preference shares has been obtained.   (b) After an amendment has been adopted, articles of amendment shall be certified and executed by the president or vice president and by the treasurer or secretary or assistant secretary, and filed as in the case of articles of incorporation, including the payment of fees. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-8; HRS §421-7; gen ch 1985; am L 1988, c 373, §20]
HI Rev Stat § 421-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-8 Bylaws.

 §421-8 Bylaws. The members of the association, within thirty days after its incorporation, shall adopt bylaws not inconsistent with law or the articles, and they may alter and amend the same from time to time. The bylaws must be adopted by a majority of the members voting thereon, or if the association permits its members to vote on the basis of patronage, then by a majority of members and majority of the patronage, voting thereon. The bylaws may also provide for:   (1) The time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings of the members, and the number of members that shall constitute a quorum;   (2) The manner of voting and the condition upon which members may vote at general and special meetings and by mail or by delegates elected by district groups or other associations, and the voting power of voters based on patronage;   (3) Subject to any provision thereon in the articles and in this chapter, the number, qualifications, compensation, duties, and terms of office of directors and officers; the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;   (4) The time, place, and manner for calling and holding meetings of the directors and executive committee, and the number that shall constitute a quorum;   (5) Rules consistent with law and the articles for the management of the association, the establishment of voting districts, the making of contracts, the issuance, retirement, and transfer of stock, and the relative rights, interests, and preferences of members and shareholders;   (6) Penalties for violation of the bylaws. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-9; HRS §421-8]
HI Rev Stat § 421-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-10 Members.

 §421-10 Members. (a) An association may admit as members only bona fide producers of agricultural products, including tenants and landlords receiving a share of the crop, and cooperative associations of the producers. The incorporators named in the articles are thereby made members of the association, and they shall pay for their membership or stock the same amount and in the same manner as may be required in the case of other members.   (b) The articles may limit the amount of common stock which a member may own.   (c) Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws, a member shall lose the member's membership if the member ceases to belong to the class eligible to membership under this section, but the member shall remain subject to any liability incurred by the member while a member of the association.   (d) No member shall be personally liable for any debt or liability of the association.   (e) Unless the articles otherwise provide, no member shall have more than one vote. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-11; HRS §421-10; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 421-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-11 Membership or stock certificates, transfers, dividends, preferred stock.

 §421-11 Membership or stock certificates, transfers, dividends, preferred stock. (a) No certificate for membership or stock shall be issued until fully paid for, but bylaws may provide that a member may vote and hold office prior to payment in full for the member's membership or stock.   (b) Dividends in excess of eight per cent on the actual cash value of the consideration received by the association shall not be paid on common or preferred stock or membership capital, but dividends may be cumulative.   (c) Net margins in excess of dividends and additions to reserves and excess shall be distributed on the basis of patronage, and if the bylaws so provide, distribution of such net margins may be restricted to members or may be made at the same or different rate for members and nonmembers. The books of the association shall show the interest of members and nonmembers in the reserves and excess. The bylaws may provide that any distribution to a nonmember, eligible for membership, may be credited to the nonmember until the amount thereof equals the value of a membership certificate or a share of the association's common stock. The distribution credited to the account of a nonmember may be transferred to the reserve fund at the option of the board if, after two years, the amount is less than the value of the membership certificate or a share of common stock.   (d) The bylaws may fix a time within which a member shall receive from the association, after the member has notified the association of the member's withdrawal, or after the adoption of a resolution by the board terminating the member's membership, the value in money of the member's membership interest in the association as appraised by the board of directors. If the board of directors approves the member's designation of a transferee of the member's membership interest, the association shall be under no obligation to pay the member the value of the member's interest.  (e) An association may issue preferred stock to members and nonmembers. Preferred stock may be redeemed or retired by the association on such terms and conditions as may be provided in the articles and printed on the stock certificate. Preferred stockholders shall not be entitled to vote, but no change in their priority or preference rights shall be effective until the written consent of the holders of two-thirds of the preferred stock has been obtained. Payment for preferred stock may be made in cash, services, or property on the basis of the fair value of the stock, services, and property as determined by the board. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-12; HRS §421-11; am L 1982, c 257, §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 421-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-12 General and special meetings; how called.

 §421-12 General and special meetings; how called. Within thirty days after the incorporation of an association the members thereof shall hold an organization meeting at a time and place fixed by the temporary board of directors. Not less than ten days' written notice thereof shall be given to each member. An association may provide in its bylaws for one or more regular meetings each year, which may be held within the State at the time and place designated in the bylaws. Special meetings of the members may be called by the board of directors, and it shall be their duty to call the meetings when ten per cent of the members file with the secretary a petition demanding a special meeting and specifying the business to be considered at the meeting. Notice of all meetings, except as otherwise provided by law or the articles or bylaws, shall be mailed to each member at least ten days prior to the meeting, and in case of special meetings the notice shall state the purposes for which it is called, but the bylaws may require that all notices, except of proposed amendments to the articles shall be given by publication, in a periodical published by or for the association, to which substantially all its members are subscribers, or in a newspaper or newspapers whose combined circulation is general in the State in which the association operates. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-13; HRS §421-12]
HI Rev Stat § 421-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-13 Directors.

 §421-13 Directors. (a) The business of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors; at least two-thirds of the directors shall be members of the association or officers, directors, or members of a member association. A director shall hold office for the term for which the director was named or elected and until the director's successor is elected and qualified.   (b) The names of the first directors shall be stated in the articles. Their successors shall be elected by the members at the first meeting of the members held after the incorporation of the association.   (c) The number, qualifications, terms of office, manner of election, time and place of meeting, and the powers and duties of the directors may, subject to this chapter, be prescribed by the articles or bylaws. Except as otherwise prescribed in the articles or bylaws:   (1) A director shall be elected for a term of one year.   (2) Vacancies in the board, other than by expiration of term, shall be filled by the remaining members of the board, unless the bylaws provide for the election of directors by districts, in which case the board shall call a special meeting of the members in the district to elect a person qualified to fill the vacancy. A director elected by the remaining members of the board shall serve until the director's successor is elected by the members, who may make the election at the next annual meeting of the members or at any special meeting called and held prior thereto.   (d) The bylaws may provide, if not restricted by the articles, that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected according to the districts, either directly or by district delegates elected by the members in that district. In such case, the bylaws shall specify, or vest in the board authority to determine, the number of directors to be elected by each district and the manner and method of apportioning the directors and of districting and redistricting the territory covered by the association. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to nominate the directors apportioned thereto and that the result of all such primary elections may be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association or may be considered as a final election.   (e) The bylaws may provide for an executive committee to be elected by the board from their number and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board subject to its general direction and control. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-14; HRS §421-13; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 421-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-14 Removal of director.

 §421-14 Removal of director. Any member may ask for the removal of a director by filing charges with the secretary or president of the association, together with a petition signed by five per cent of the members requesting the removal of the director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next meeting of the members, and by two-thirds of the voting power voting thereon the association may remove the director. The director whose removal is requested shall be served with a copy of the charges not less than ten days prior to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person and by counsel and to present evidence; and the persons requesting the removal of a director shall have the same opportunity. In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by twenty per cent of the members residing in the district from which the director was elected. The board must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director; and by two-thirds of the voting power of the members of that district voting thereon the director in question shall be removed from office. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-15; HRS §421-14; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 421-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships|421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations|421-15 Officers.

 §421-15 Officers. The board shall elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and may elect one or more vice presidents, and such other officers as may be authorized in the bylaws. The president and at least one of the vice presidents must be members and directors, but a vice president who is not a director cannot succeed to or fill the office of president. Any two of the offices of vice president, secretary, and treasurer may be combined in one person. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-16; HRS §421-15]