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Article 01 - SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS

• Sec. 10.15.005. - Purposes for which cooperatives may be organized.
• Sec. 10.15.010. - General powers.
• Sec. 10.15.015. - Bylaws.
• Sec. 10.15.020. - Membership.
• Sec. 10.15.025. - Registered office and registered agent.
• Sec. 10.15.030. - Change of registered office or agent.
• Sec. 10.15.035. - Service on agent is service on cooperative.
• Sec. 10.15.040. - Defense of ultra vires.
• Sec. 10.15.045. - Capital stock.
• Sec. 10.15.050. - Membership stock.
• Sec. 10.15.055. - Transfer of stock.
• Sec. 10.15.060. - Payment required for issuance.
• Sec. 10.15.065. - No preemptive right to new issues.
• Sec. 10.15.070. - Certificates representing shares.
• Sec. 10.15.075. - Manner of voting by shareholders.
• Sec. 10.15.080. - Determining who are shareholders for purposes of notice, voting, and dividends.
• Sec. 10.15.085. - Subscription for shares.
• Sec. 10.15.090. - Limitation of liability of members.
• Sec. 10.15.095. - Dividends on capital stock.
• Sec. 10.15.100. - Recall, acquisition, exchange, redemption, and reissuance of stock or other evidence of equity.
• Sec. 10.15.105. - Limitations on acquisition, recall, or redemption.
• Sec. 10.15.110. - Status of reacquired shares.
• Sec. 10.15.115. - Missing certificates or ownership records.
• Sec. 10.15.120. - Meetings of members.
• Sec. 10.15.125. - Special bylaw provisions on district meetings.
• Sec. 10.15.130. - Voting by members.
• Sec. 10.15.135. - Quorum of members.
• Sec. 10.15.140. - Qualifications and membership of board of directors.
• Sec. 10.15.145. - Initial board of directors.
• Sec. 10.15.150. - Election and terms of directors.
• Sec. 10.15.155. - Removal of directors.
• Sec. 10.15.160. - Filling unexpired term.
• Sec. 10.15.165. - Meetings of board of directors.
• Sec. 10.15.170. - Executive committee.
• Sec. 10.15.175. - Officers.
• Sec. 10.15.180. - Compensation and benefits to directors, officers, and employees.
• Sec. 10.15.185. - Taking action without meeting.
• Sec. 10.15.190. - Waiver of notice.
• Sec. 10.15.195. - Voting requirements of articles.
• Sec. 10.15.200. - Procedural requisites in action brought in right of cooperative by member or shareholder.
• Sec. 10.15.205. - Allowance of costs to plaintiff.
• Sec. 10.15.210. - Security for costs.
• Sec. 10.15.215. - Permitted purposes of cooperative contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.220. - Liquidated damages clause in cooperative contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.225. - Contracts between two or more cooperatives.
• Sec. 10.15.230. - Recording of cooperative contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.235. - Recording of uniform cooperative contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.240. - Recording procedure.
• Sec. 10.15.245. - Fees for recording contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.250. - Effect of recording contract.
• Sec. 10.15.255. - Termination of recorded contract.
• Sec. 10.15.260. - Recording of list of terminated contracts.
• Sec. 10.15.265. - Relief against breach or threatened breach of contract and penalty for interference.
• Sec. 10.15.270. - Action for civil penalty for inducing breach of contract with cooperative or spreading false reports about cooperative.
• Sec. 10.15.275. - Apportionment and distribution of net proceeds, savings, or net losses.
• Sec. 10.15.280. - Manner of payment.
• Sec. 10.15.285. - Manner of apportionment and distribution.
• Sec. 10.15.290. - Determination of net proceeds, savings, or losses.
• Sec. 10.15.295. - Unclaimed distribution, redemptions, or payments.
• Sec. 10.15.300. - Sale or other disposition of entire assets.
• Sec. 10.15.305. - Procedure for sale or other disposition of entire assets.
• Sec. 10.15.310. - Abandonment of sale or other disposition.
• Sec. 10.15.315. - Books and records.
• Sec. 10.15.320. - Biennial report.
• Sec. 10.15.325. - Form of biennial report; delinquent reports.
• Sec. 10.15.330. - Filing of report by department.
• Sec. 10.15.331. - Filing notice of change of officer or director.