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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-266. - Regulations.

The manner of conducting the parish, the qualifications for membership of the parish and the manner of acquiring and terminating such membership, the number of the officers of the parish, their powers and duties and the manner of their appointment, the time of holding the annual meeting of the parish and the manner of notification thereof and the manner of calling special meetings of the parish shall be such as are provided and prescribed by the constitution, canons and regulations of said Protestant Episcopal Church in this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 5375.)
Cited. 224 C. 797.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-267. - Two organizations in one society.

When one society includes two or more organizations recognized as ecclesiastically distinct, but in law constituting one corporate body, officers may be appointed for the management of the separate affairs of each of the organizations and the general affairs of the society shall be under the united management of the officers so appointed.
(1949 Rev., S. 5376.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-268. - Election of trustees.

The trustees of each Methodist Church shall be elected by ballot by the members of such church, of legal age, on the second Monday of October of each year, at the usual place of worship of such church; or in such other manner as the discipline of the Methodist Church may prescribe. Notice of such election shall be given from the pulpit of such church on at least two Sundays preceding or by having such notice posted on the door of the place of worship by the clerk of the board of trustees at least fifteen days next preceding the time of election, and such trustees shall hold their office until their successors are elected. The polls of such election shall remain open for at least one hour after the time designated in such notice and, in case of failure to elect on the day named in such notice, the election may be held on any subsequent day of the same month after legal notice thereof. If a vacancy occurs in the board of trustees, it may be filled at any special meeting called for that purpose, after giving the notice provided for in this section. At each election there shall be appointed by the electors present a chairman and clerk, who shall act jointly as inspectors of election, receive and count the votes for such trustees and certify under oath who have received the majority of the votes. Whenever the members of any Methodist Church fail to elect trustees as above provided, the quarterly conference of such church may elect trustees to fill the vacancy until the next ensuing annual election; and at each annual election the legal voters shall elect trustees to fill any vacancies for the unexpired terms. Upon the formation of any Methodist Church, the first election of its trustees shall be made by the quarterly conference, and such trustees shall hold office until the next ensuing annual election. Said quarterly conference shall determine the number of trustees to be so elected, which number shall not be more than fifteen nor less than three.
(1949 Rev., S. 5377; P.A. 00-92, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 00-92 deleted requirement that certificate of votes received be deposited with and kept on file by the town clerk.
Powers of bishops; courts follow decision of ecclesiastical tribunal. 73 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-269. - Number; term of office.

The number of trustees of any church specified in section 33-268, which shall in no case be more than fifteen nor less than three, shall be determined by a majority of the electors at the first election by the church and before the votes for trustees are cast, and shall remain the same, unless changed by two-thirds of those present and voting at any subsequent election. At the first annual election the inspectors shall determine by lot, and as nearly as practicable in equal numbers, who of those elected shall serve for one, two or three years. At each election thereafter the electors shall elect trustees for three years to fill the places of those whose terms have expired.
(1949 Rev., S. 5378.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-270. - Organization and powers of trustees. Treasurer's report.

At their first meeting, after each election, the trustees shall elect from their number a president, a treasurer and a clerk. They shall meet thereafter at such times as they may designate, and shall make bylaws and keep records of their action signed by the clerk. They shall be a corporation to receive and hold in trust, and to sell and convey, property for the benefit of their church, according to the discipline and usages of the religious denomination to which it belongs. At each annual meeting of the members of each Methodist Church, the treasurer shall present to the legal voters a written statement of all the receipts and expenditures of the corporation during the preceding year.
(1949 Rev., S. 5379.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-271. - District superintendent or presiding elder and stewards may form corporation.

The district superintendent or presiding elder and a majority of the district stewards appointed according to the discipline of the Methodist Church, residing in any ecclesiastical district, the whole or a part of which is in this state, and which has been or shall be created by an annual conference of said church as a district superintendent's or presiding elder's district, may organize a corporation by making, signing and acknowledging before some officer competent to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filing in the office of the Secretary of the State, a certificate in writing in which shall be stated: The corporate name of such corporation; the town in such district in which it is to be located; the names, residences and official relations to the district of the persons signing such certificate; the number of trustees, not less than three nor more than fifteen, who shall manage the property and affairs of such corporation for the first year, and their names; and that the object of such corporation shall be to secure the benefits of this section and sections 33-272, 33-273 and 33-274.
(1949 Rev., S. 5380; P.A. 00-92, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 00-92 deleted requirement that certificate be filed in the office of the clerk of the town where the corporation is to be located.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-272. - Powers of corporation.

When such certificate is filed as aforesaid, the persons who have made, signed and acknowledged the same, and their successors, shall become a body politic and corporate by the name stated in such certificate; and such corporation shall have succession and possess the general powers conferred on corporations by section 33-1036, and shall also have power to take, by gift, grant or purchase, any estate, real or personal, for the use of, and as a residence for, the district superintendent or presiding elder of such district and his successors in office, and shall have power to sell and convey the same, and reinvest the proceeds thereof for a like purpose, with the approval of the annual conference having jurisdiction over the district, and under the direction of the trustees of the corporation; but the annual income or value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 5381; P.A. 96-256, S. 191, 209.)
History: P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to Sec. 33-428 with Sec. 33-1036, effective January 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-273. - Appointment of trustees.

The district stewards of any district superintendent's or presiding elder's district may appoint, at their annual meeting, trustees for any such corporation within their district to supply the places of those whose terms expire, and to fill any vacancies in the number of such trustees, occurring by death, resignation or otherwise; and trustees of any such corporation shall hold their offices for the respective periods for which they have been appointed and until others are appointed in their places.
(1949 Rev., S. 5382.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-274. - Trustees may convey real estate to corporation.

Any real estate conveyed for the use of, or as a residence for, a district superintendent or presiding elder of any such district and his successors in office may be conveyed, by the trustees holding the title thereof, to a corporation formed as aforesaid, for the district in which such estate is situated, and the real estate so conveyed shall be held by such corporation upon the conditions set forth in section 33-272.
(1949 Rev., S. 5383.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-275. - Union of churches; their trustees and property.

When two or more Methodist Churches have been united in accordance with the usages, rules and discipline of the Methodist Church, the terms of office of the trustees of the several churches so united shall be terminated by the act of union, and the title to all property, real and personal, of such churches, and the title to all real and personal property held by their trustees, shall by such act vest in the trustees of such new church. The bishop or other authority making such act of union shall lodge for record, in the office of the town clerk of the town or towns wherein any of such lands are situated, a certificate executed in the manner required for deeds of land, describing such land and stating the names of such former churches and of the new one so formed, the fact of union with the date thereof and the names of the trustees of the new church; which certificate, when so lodged for record, shall have the effect of a recorded deed and conveyance of such land.
(1949 Rev., S. 5384.)
Rights in property on merger of churches; courts to follow decisions of ecclesiastical tribunals. 73 C. 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-276. - Change of name.

All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to July 1, 1941, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Methodist Episcopal Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to omit the word “Episcopal” from their names; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change or the name used by it or by which it is known after this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.
(1949 Rev., S. 5385.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-277. - Election and powers of trustees.

The trustees of each Augustana Evangelical Lutheran congregation shall be elected by the ballot of such electors as are by the rules and regulations of such congregations competent to vote for trustees, on such day in each year as such rules and regulations prescribe and upon the notice required by the rules of the congregation, and shall be responsible to such congregations in the manner and to the extent required by such rules. Such trustees shall continue in office until others are elected to fill their respective places. They shall have power to convey the real estate held by them only when authorized by the vote of the congregation for whose benefit it is held, at a meeting warned for that purpose, according to the rules of the congregation; and such congregations are authorized to give the care of all their property to their trustees.
(1949 Rev., S. 5386; 1951, 1953, S. 2603d.)
Nature of German Evangelical Lutheran Church; change of synod does not affect trust for church; government by “congregation as a whole”; injunction to prevent new pastor from using church. 78 C. 343.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-278. - Change of name.

All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to October 1, 1951, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Swedish Lutheran Evangelical Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to omit the word “Swedish” from their names and to change their names to “Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect, or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.
(1951, S. 2604d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-278a. - Name changes authorized.

All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to July 1, 1962, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “American Evangelical Lutheran Church” or “The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church” or “The Suomi Synod” or “The Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran Church of America” or “The United Lutheran Church in America” and all societies directly connected therewith, are authorized to change their names to “Lutheran Church in America”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.
(1963, P.A. 89.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-278b. - Powers. Merger. Dissolution. Formation.

(a) As used in this section, “church” shall include ecclesiastical societies and specially incorporated churches.
(b) All churches being members of the Lutheran Church in America shall have power to receive and hold by gift, grant or purchase all property, real or personal, according to the constitution, bylaws and constitutional enactments of the Lutheran Church in America and of the synod to which such churches belong and shall have and exercise all the powers of bodies corporate by their trustees.
(c) When two or more such churches have merged or have been united in accordance with the usages, rules, constitution, bylaws and constitutional enactments of the Lutheran Church in America and of the synod to which they belong and by the vote of each of such churches, the title to all real and personal property of such churches, by the act of such merger or union, shall vest in the trustees of the resulting church. The president of the synod approving such merger or union shall lodge, in the office of the town clerk of each town wherein any of such real property is situated and in the office of the Secretary of the State, a certificate executed in the manner required for deeds of real property, describing such real property and stating the names of the former churches and of the new one so formed, the date of union or merger and the names of the trustees of the new church; which certificate shall have the effect of a recorded deed. Any church resulting from such union or merger shall be liable for all existing debts and obligations of the merging churches. All gifts and legacies, vested or unvested, to any of the merging churches shall inure to and vest in the resulting church.
(d) Upon the dissolution of any church having membership in the Lutheran Church in America, in accordance with the constitution of said Lutheran Church in America, the president of the synod of said Lutheran Church in America having jurisdiction thereof shall file a certificate executed as a deed for real property in the office of the town clerk of each town in which the real property of such dissolved church lies stating the name of the dissolved church, the date of dissolution and the location of the principal office of the synod, which certificate shall have the effect of a recorded deed of such real property and of the personal property of such dissolved church to such synod; and thereafter such synod shall hold, manage and convey such real and personal property at its sole discretion in accordance with the constitution of the Lutheran Church in America.
(e) All congregations formed after October 1, 1969, for membership in the Lutheran Church in America shall be incorporated under the general statutes.
(1969, P.A. 177.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-279. - Organization as corporation.

A corporation may be organized in connection with any Roman Catholic Church or congregation in this state, by filing in the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate signed by the archbishop or bishop and the vicar-general of the archdiocese or of the diocese in which such congregation is located and the pastor and two laymen belonging to such congregation, stating that they have so organized for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Such archbishop or bishop, vicar-general and pastor of such congregation and, in case of the death or other disability of the archbishop or bishop, the administrator of the archdiocese or diocese for the time being, the chancellor of the archdiocese or diocese and the pastor of such congregation shall be members, ex officio, of such corporation, and, upon their death, resignation, removal or preferment, their successors in office shall become such members in their stead. The two lay members shall be appointed annually, in writing, during the month of January from the lay members of the congregation by a majority of the ex-officio members of the corporation; and three members of the corporation, of whom one shall be a layman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(1949 Rev., S. 5387; 1955, S. 2605d.)
Method provided for choice of lay member is mandatory. 69 C. 286.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-280. - Property rights of Roman Catholic Church.

Such corporation may receive and hold all property conveyed to it for the purpose of maintaining religious worship according to the doctrine, discipline and ritual of the Roman Catholic Church, and for the support of the educational or charitable institutions of that church.
(1949 Rev., S. 5388; 1955, S. 2606d.)
A parochial school is a charitable institution. 81 C. 278.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-281. - Subject to laws of church.

Such corporation shall at all times be subject to the general laws and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, and shall receive and enjoy its franchises as a body politic, solely for the purposes mentioned in section 33-280; and, upon the violation or surrender of its charter, its property, real and personal, shall vest in the archbishop or bishop of the archdiocese or diocese and his successors, in trust for such congregation and for the uses and purposes above named.
(1949 Rev., S. 5389; 1955, S. 2607d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies › Section 33-281a. - Change of name of Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches.

All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to April 23, 1968, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Methodist Church” or “Evangelical United Brethren Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to change their names by eliminating the word or words “Methodist Church” or “Evangelical United Brethren Church” and adding the words “The United Methodist Church”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change or the name used by it or by which it is known after this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.
(1969, P.A. 80.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 598a - Charitable Corporations and Trusts › Section 33-281b. - Restrictions on activities of private foundations.

(a)(1) No corporation formed under the laws of this state, whether with or without capital stock, which is a “private foundation” as defined in Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, shall, during the period while it is such a private foundation: (A) Engage in any act of “self-dealing”, as defined in Section 4941(d) of said code; (B) retain any “excess business holdings”, as defined in Section 4943(c) of said code; (C) make any investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes, within the meaning of Section 4944 of said code, so as to give rise to any liability for tax imposed on such corporation by Section 4944 of said code; or (D) make any “taxable expenditures”, as defined in Section 4945(d) of said code. (2) Each corporation formed under the laws of this state, whether with or without capital stock, which is a private foundation, as defined in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall, during the period while it is such a private foundation, distribute amounts for the purposes specified in its articles of organization, in such manner and at such times as are at least sufficient to avoid liability for the tax imposed by Section 4942 of said code. (3) All references to sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, in this section, are to such sections as amended and in effect on May 21, 1971, and shall include future amendments to such sections and corresponding provisions of future federal internal revenue laws.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any corporation to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that (1) such application would be contrary to the terms of the articles of organization or other instrument governing such corporation or governing the administration of charitable funds held by it; and (2) such instrument may not properly be changed to conform to said subsection.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not require or prohibit any act with respect to which Section 508(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, does not apply by virtue of Section 101(l)(6) of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-172).
(1971, P.A. 219, S. 1
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3; P.A. 89-211, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Cited. 41 CS 469.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-282 to 33-285. - Stock Corporation Act: General provisions.

Sections 33-282 to 33-285, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 1
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4; 1959, P.A. 618, S. 4; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 1
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3; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 111; P.A. 77-211, S. 1; P.A. 84-158, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-93, S. 1, 3; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215; P.A. 96-256, S. 192, 209.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-286 to 33-295. - Stock corporations: Corporate formation and powers.

Sections 33-286 to 33-295, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 5
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14; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 4
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9; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 522; 729, S. 2
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5; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 2; P.A. 80-419, S. 1; P.A. 81-111, S. 1, 2; 81-435, S. 4, 5; P.A. 84-431, S. 1, 6; P.A. 87-138, S. 1, 2, 7; P.A. 88-65, S. 3; P.A. 89-251, S. 164, 203; 89-322, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 93, 117; P.A. 94-123, S. 1; 94-186, S. 214, 215; 94-217, S. 34, 35, 40; P.A. 96-106, S. 1, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-296 to 33-302. - Statutory agent for service. Service of process on statutory agent. Annual and biennial reports. Failure to file report; incorrect report. Secretary may prescribe forms for documents to be filed; mailing of matter to corporations. Attorney General may bring action for illegal exercise of corporate powers. Interrogatories by secretary.

Sections 33-296 to 33-302, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 15
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21; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 10
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16; February, 1965, P.A. 524, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 62; 64; 84, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 3, 31; 871, S. 112; P.A. 74-50, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-39, S. 1, 5; 76-255, S. 1; 76-354, S. 1; P.A. 77-247, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-374, S. 1, 6; P.A. 83-545, S. 1, 2, 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-24, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-135, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-52, S. 1, 5; P.A. 88-159, S. 3, 11; P.A. 89-251, S. 165, 166, 203; P.A. 89-252, S. 3, 11; May Sp. Sess. 92-6, S. 94, 117; P.A. 93-363, S. 2, 3, 39; 93-431, S. 7, 10; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215; P.A. 95-252, S. 26.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-303. - Remission of late filing fee.

Section 33-303 is repealed, effective January 1, 1995.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 22; P.A. 76-255, S. 3; P.A. 83-545, S. 3, 22; P.A. 93-363, S. 38, 39; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-304 and 33-305. - Fees payable to secretary; sales tax not imposed. Franchise tax.

Sections 33-304 and 33-305 are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 23, 24; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 17, 18; 457; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 19; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 3; 656, S. 68; 1971, P.A. 320, S. 1; P.A. 76-230, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-184, S. 1, 4; P.A. 79-356, S. 1; P.A. 80-419, S. 2; P.A. 83-545, S. 4, 22; P.A. 85-303, S. 3, 5; P.A. 88-159, S. 5, 11; P.A. 89-251, S. 167, 168, 203; P.A. 90-107, S. 1; 90-228, S. 1, 8; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 95, 117; P.A. 93-363, S. 4; P.A. 94-123, S. 2; 94-186, S. 214, 215; P.A. 95-252, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-306 to 33-310. - Bylaws. Imposition of restrictions on share transfers. Books and records. Waivers of notice. Notice to director or shareholder outside the United States. Closing of share transfer books and fixing record dates.

Sections 33-306 to 33-310, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 25
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29; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 19
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23; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-311a and 33-312. - Rights and duties of corporation with respect to recordholders and owners of securities. Corporate power to require surrender of share certificates.

Sections 33-311a and 33-312 are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 31; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 25; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-313 to 33-319a. - Board of directors. Number, election, classification, term, qualification. Proceeding to determine validity of election or appointment of directors or officers. Directors' meetings, notice, quorum, action. Vacancies, removal, replacement. Directors' committee; audit committee. Officers. Filing of notice that director or officer has ceased to be in office or has been appointed or elected to office.

Sections 33-313 to 33-319a, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 32
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38; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 26
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30; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 2, 3; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 4, 5; 656, S. 69; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 6, 7; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 4
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6; P.A. 75-65, S. 1; 75-146, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-341; 77-437, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 83-545, S. 5, 22; P.A. 88-350, S. 4, 7; P.A. 89-252, S. 8, 11; P.A. 92-103; P.A. 93-363, S. 34, 39; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-320. - Indemnification of directors, officers and employees.

Section 33-320 is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 39; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 31; 1969, P.A. 312, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-320a to 33-323. - Indemnification of shareholders, officers, employees and certain other parties by a corporation. Liability of directors in certain cases. Jurisdiction over and service on nonresident director. Corporate transactions with others.

Sections 33-320a to 33-323, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 40
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42; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 32
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34; 1969, P.A. 312, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 7
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10; P.A. 73-382, S. 1, 12; P.A. 75-146, S. 2, 3, 7; P.A. 78-204, S. 2; 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 79-356, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-407, S. 1; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-324 to 33-334. - Voting rights; outstanding shares. Cumulative voting. Meetings of shareholders; time, place, call. Notice of meetings. Quorum of shareholders. Action by shareholders; voting requirements. Shareholders' action without meeting. Irregular shareholders' meetings. Failure to hold annual meeting. Voting list; inspection rights. Inspection of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, books and records. Failure to permit inspection.

Sections 33-324 to 33-334, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 43
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53; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 35
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37; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 191; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 8
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10; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 11
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13; P.A. 75-486, S. 62, 69; P.A. 77-205; 77-614, S. 161
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163, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 80-482, S. 232, 348; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-350, S. 5, 7; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-335 and 33-335a. - Disclosure of stock ownership. Disclosure of beneficial or true owner of shares.

Sections 33-335 and 33-335a are repealed.
(1959, P.A. 240, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 38; 1963, P.A. 188; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-336 to 33-339. - Proxies. Irrevocable proxies. Voting trusts. Voting agreements.

Sections 33-336 to 33-339, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 54
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57; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 39
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42; 1963, P.A. 614, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 11, 12; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-340 to 33-352. - Stock corporations: Shares and issuance of shares.

Sections 33-340 to 33-352, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 58
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70; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 43
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56; 1963, P.A. 614, S. 2, 8; February, 1965, P.A. 452, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 6
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8; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 13, 14; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 14
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18; P.A. 73-382, S. 2, 12; P.A. 75-65, S. 2; P.A. 79-356, S. 13; P.A. 90-107, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-353 to 33-359. - Stock corporations: Distributions to shareholders.

Sections 33-353 to 33-359, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 71
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77; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 57
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63; 1963, P.A. 614, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 15, 16; P.A. 75-65, S. 3, 4; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-360 to 33-374f. - Stock corporations: Fundamental changes.

Sections 33-360 to 33-374f, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 78
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92; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 64
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68; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 9, 10; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 17
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21; 1971, P.A. 360, S. 19, 20; P.A. 73-382, S. 3
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6, 12; P.A. 75-65, S. 5
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7; P.A. 77-437, S. 3, 4; P.A. 78-204, S. 3; 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 79-356, S. 6; P.A. 82-374, S. 2, 3, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 82-2, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-431, S. 3
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6; P.A. 85-283; 85-613, S. 72, 129, 154; P.A. 86-403, S. 65, 66, 132; P.A. 88-33, S. 1; 88-350, S. 1
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3, 7; P.A. 89-298, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-107, S. 4; 90-278, S. 2, 3; P.A. 91-190, S. 7, 9; P.A. 93-363, S. 5; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-374g. - Connecticut Partnership Compact.

Section 33-374g is repealed.
(P.A. 88-350, S. 6, 7; P.A. 89-298, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-278, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-190, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-375 to 33-388. - Stock corporations: Dissolution and winding up.

Sections 33-375 to 33-388, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 93
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106; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 69
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75; 1963, P.A. 614, S. 9; February, 1965, P.A. 244; 452, S. 8
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13; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 11; 212, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 729, S. 22; P.A. 74-50, S. 3; P.A. 76-354, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-204, S. 4; 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 82-374, S. 4, 6; P.A. 83-545, S. 6, 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-24, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-212, S. 13; 89-251, S. 169, 170, 203; May Sp. Sess. 92-6, S. 96, 117; P.A. 93-363, S. 6, 39; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-390 to 33-394. - Stock corporations: Specially chartered corporations.

Sections 33-390 to 33-394, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 108
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112; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 76
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79; 1963, P.A. 614, S. 4; P.A. 73-382, S. 7, 12; P.A. 78-204, S. 5; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 89, 130.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-395 to 33-402. - Restrictions on foreign corporations. Authority to transact business. Acquisition and conveyance of property; acts which do not constitute transacting business. Requirements for corporate name. Application for certificate of authority. Appointment of attorney for process. Powers of corporation on issuance of authority. Amended certificate of authority.

Sections 33-395 to 33-402, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 113
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120; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 80
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83; 423, S. 2, 3; February, 1965, P.A. 450, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-204, S. 6
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8; P.A. 81-111, S. 3, 4; P.A. 83-545, S. 7, 22; P.A. 87-138, S. 3, 7; P.A. 89-252, S. 4, 7, 11; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-403 and 33-404. - Amendment of certificate of incorporation. Filing of certificate of merger.

Sections 33-403 and 33-404 are repealed.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 121, 122; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 84, 85.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-405 to 33-412. - License fee. Annual or biennial reports. Failure to file annual report. Certificate of withdrawal. Revocation of certificate of authority. Effect of certificate of withdrawal or revocation. Service of process on foreign corporation. Rights and liabilities of corporation transacting business without authority.

Sections 33-405 to 33-412, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 123
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130; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 86
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91; February, 1965, P.A. 450, S. 3
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5; 524, S. 3, 4; 1967, P.A. 30, S. 12; 212, S. 3
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7; 248; 1969, P.A. 66; 85, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 222; 360, S. 31; 871, S. 113; P.A. 74-50, S. 4, 5; P.A. 76-29, S. 1; 76-39, S. 2; 76-255, S. 2; 76-354, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77-152, S. 1; 77-176, S. 1, 4; 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-356, S. 14; P.A. 80-419, S. 3; P.A. 83-545, S. 8
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10, 22; P.A. 84-258, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-52, S. 2, 5; P.A. 88-159, S. 9, 11; 88-311, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-251, S. 171, 172, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 97, 98, 117; P.A. 93-363, S. 7
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9, 39; 93-431, S. 8, 10; 93-435, S. 12, 95; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations › Section 33-413 to 33-418. - Stock corporations: Miscellaneous provisions.

Sections 33-413 to 33-418, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 1997.
(1959, P.A. 618, S. 131
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136; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 93; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418g. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Worker cooperative” means a corporation which has elected to be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(2) “Member” means a natural person who or nonprofit organization that has been accepted for membership in, and owns a membership share issued by a worker cooperative.
(3) “Patronage” means the amount of work performed as a member of a worker cooperative, measured in accordance with the articles of organization and bylaws of that cooperative.
(4) “Written notice of allocation” means a written instrument which discloses to a member the stated dollar amount of such member's patronage allocation and the terms for payment of that amount by the worker cooperative.
(5) “Nonprofit organization” means any organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 2, 14; P.A. 18-27, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 18-27 redesignated Subsecs. (a) to (d) as Subdivs. (1) to (4), amended redesignated Subdiv. (2) to add reference to nonprofit organization, and added Subdiv. (5) defining “nonprofit organization”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418h. - Election to be governed as a worker cooperative. Revocation of election. Corporate name.

(a) Any corporation formed under the provisions of chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto, may elect to be governed as a worker cooperative under the provisions of this chapter by so stating in its certificate of incorporation or certificate of amendment filed in accordance with chapter 601. A corporation so electing shall be governed by all provisions of chapter 601 other than sections 33-815 to 33-831, inclusive, and 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) A worker cooperative may revoke its election under subsection (a) of this section by a vote of two-thirds of the members and through a certificate of amendment filed in accordance with section 33-800.
(c) A worker cooperative may include the word “cooperative” or “co-op” in its corporate name.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 3
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5, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 170, 254.)
History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to replace references to “chapter 599” with “chapter 601” or “chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto” as appropriate, and replace reference to “sections 33-364 to 33-374, inclusive,” with “sections 33-815 to 33-831, inclusive, and 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive,” and amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “section 33-360” with “section 33-800”, effective January 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418i. - Membership requirements. Membership shares. Rights of members.

(a) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a worker cooperative shall establish qualifications and the method of acceptance and termination of members. No person may be accepted as a member unless such person is (1) employed by the worker cooperative on a full-time or part-time basis, or (2) a nonprofit organization, provided no less than fifty per cent of all employees shall be members.
(b) A worker cooperative shall issue a class of voting stock designated as “membership shares”. Each member shall own only one such membership share, and only members may own such shares.
(c) Membership shares shall be issued for a fee as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors. Section 33-671 and subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 33-683 shall not apply to such membership shares. Sections 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive, shall not apply to membership shares whose redemption price is determined by reference to internal capital accounts, as defined in section 33-418m.
(d) Members of a worker cooperative shall have all the rights and responsibilities of stockholders of a corporation formed under chapter 601, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 6, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 171, 172, 254; P.A. 18-27, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to “Sections 33-342, 33-346 and 33-347” with “Section 33-671 and subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 33-683” and replace reference to “Sections 33-373 and 33-374” with “Sections 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive,” and amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to “chapter 599” with “chapter 601”, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 18-27 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions re person employed by worker cooperative as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re nonprofit organization, and making technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418j. - Voting rights of members and shareholders. Amendments to bylaws.

(a) No corporate shares other than membership shares shall be given voting power in a worker cooperative, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) The power to amend or repeal the bylaws of a worker cooperative shall be in the members only, except that the board of directors may amend or repeal such bylaws in accordance with the provisions of sections 33-806, 33-807 and 33-808.
(c) Sections 33-795 to 33-801, inclusive, shall be construed, for purposes of this chapter, to limit voting on any amendment of the certificate of incorporation of a worker cooperative to the members, except that amendments adversely affecting the rights of the holders of corporate shares other than membership shares may not be adopted without the vote of such shareholders as provided in section 33-798.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 7, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 173, 174, 254.)
History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “subsection (d) of section 33-306” with “sections 33-806, 33-807 and 33-808” and amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to “Sections 33-360, 33-361 and 33-362” with “Sections 33-795 to 33-801, inclusive,” and replace reference to “section 33-361” with “section 33-798”, effective January 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418l. - Apportionment of earnings and losses.

(a) The net earnings or losses of a worker cooperative shall be apportioned and distributed at such times and in such manner as the articles of organization or bylaws shall specify. Net earnings declared as patronage allocations with respect to a period of time, and paid or credited to members, shall be apportioned among the members in accordance with the ratio which each member's patronage during the period involved bears to total patronage by all members during that period.
(b) The apportionment, distribution and payment of net earnings required by subsection (a) of this section may be in cash, credits, written notices of allocation or corporate shares issued by the worker cooperative.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 9, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418m. - System of internal capital accounts. Redemption of shares. Interest. Collective reserve account.

(a) Any worker cooperative may establish through its certificate of incorporation or bylaws a system of internal capital accounts to reflect the book value and to determine the redemption price of membership shares, corporate shares and written notices of allocation.
(b) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a worker cooperative may permit the periodic redemption of written notices of allocation and corporate shares, and shall provide for recall and redemption of the membership share upon termination of membership in the cooperative, except that no redemption shall be made if it would result in the liability of any director of the worker cooperative pursuant to subsection (a) of section 33-757.
(c) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws may provide for the worker cooperative to pay or credit interest on the balance of each member's internal capital account.
(d) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws may authorize assignment of a portion of retained net earnings and net losses to a collective reserve account. Earnings assigned to the collective reserve account may be used for any and all corporate purposes as determined by the board of directors.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 10, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 175, 254.)
History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “subsection (b) of section 33-321” with “subsection (a) of section 33-757”, effective January 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 33 - Corporations › Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations › Section 33-418n. - Internal capital account cooperatives.

(a) An internal capital account cooperative is a worker cooperative whose entire net book value is reflected in internal capital accounts, one for each member, and a collective reserve account, and in which no persons other than members own corporate shares. In an internal capital account cooperative, each member shall have one and only one vote in any matter requiring voting by shareholders.
(b) An internal capital account cooperative shall credit the paid-in membership fee and additional paid-in capital of a member to the member's internal capital account, and shall also record the apportionment of retained net earnings or net losses to the members in accordance with patronage by appropriately crediting or debiting the internal capital accounts of members. The collective reserve account in an internal capital account cooperative shall reflect any paid-in capital, net losses, and retained net earnings not allocated to individual members.
(c) In an internal capital account cooperative, the balances in all the individual internal capital accounts and collective reserve account, if any, shall be adjusted at the end of each accounting period so that the sum of the balances is equal to the net book value of the worker cooperative.
(P.A. 84-430, S. 11, 14.)