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23-17-211. Articles of incorporation — Amendment.
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23-17-211. Articles of incorporation — Amendment.
(a) Any cooperative organized under this subchapter, from time to time and as desired, may amend its articles of incorporation in any respect. However, only such provisions shall be inserted by amendment that could be lawfully and properly inserted in original articles of incorporation at the time of making the amendment.
(b) Every amendment shall be made and effected in the manner following:
(1) The board of directors of the cooperative shall adopt a resolution setting forth the amendment proposed, declaring its advisability, and calling a meeting of the members entitled to vote for the consideration thereof at the meeting, of which notice shall be given in the manner provided in § 23-17-217;
(2) If it appears that a majority of the members voting have voted at an annual meeting in favor of the amendment, the cooperative shall make under its corporate seal and the hand of its president or vice president and secretary or assistant secretary a verified certificate setting forth the amendment in full;
(3) Duplicate originals of the certificate, so verified, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and one (1) of the duplicate originals bearing the filing by the Secretary of State shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the same manner as required in § 23-17-210 in regard to certified copies of original articles of incorporation; and
(4) Upon the filing of the certificate with the Secretary of State, the charter of the cooperative shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-211
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23-17-211. Articles of incorporation — Amendment.
(a) Any cooperative organized under this subchapter, from time to time and as desired, may amend its articles of incorporation in any respect. However, only such provisions shall be inserted by amendment that could be lawfully and properly inserted in original articles of incorporation at the time of making the amendment.
(b) Every amendment shall be made and effected in the manner following:
(1) The board of directors of the cooperative shall adopt a resolution setting forth the amendment proposed, declaring its advisability, and calling a meeting of the members entitled to vote for the consideration thereof at the meeting, of which notice shall be given in the manner provided in § 23-17-217;
(2) If it appears that a majority of the members voting have voted at an annual meeting in favor of the amendment, the cooperative shall make under its corporate seal and the hand of its president or vice president and secretary or assistant secretary a verified certificate setting forth the amendment in full;
(3) Duplicate originals of the certificate, so verified, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and one (1) of the duplicate originals bearing the filing by the Secretary of State shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the same manner as required in § 23-17-210 in regard to certified copies of original articles of incorporation; and
(4) Upon the filing of the certificate with the Secretary of State, the charter of the cooperative shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
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23-17-210. Articles of incorporation — Execution, filing, and recording.
(a) Duplicate originals of the articles of incorporation shall be signed by the incorporators and acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds and conveyances. These duplicate originals shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
(b) If the Secretary of State finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law and when the fees prescribed by this subchapter have been paid, he or she shall:
(1) Endorse on the originals the word “filed” and the month, day, and year of the filing;
(2) File one (1) of the originals in his or her office and deliver the other to the incorporators; and
(3) Issue a certificate of incorporation to the incorporators.
(c) The incorporators shall file for record a copy of the original articles of incorporation bearing the filing of the Secretary of State.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-210
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23-17-217. Meetings of members.
(a) Meetings of members may be held at such place as may be designated by the board. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held in the principal office of the cooperative in this state.
(b) Annual meetings of the members shall be held at such time as may be designated by the board. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work forfeiture or dissolution of the cooperative.
(c) Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, or by the board of directors, and shall be called by the president upon petition signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of all the members.
(d) Written or printed notice, containing the place, day, and hour of the meeting of members and, in case of special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not fewer than five (5) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each member of record entitled to vote as a member at the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mails, with postage prepaid, in a sealed envelope addressed to the member at his or her address as it appears on the records of the cooperative.
(e) Each member present in person at any meeting shall be entitled to one (1), and only one (1), vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members, but voting by mail or proxy may be provided for in the bylaws. Notwithstanding, the bylaws may require each member to vote in person on certain matters.
(f)(1) Unless the bylaws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage of the number of members for a quorum, a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members of
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-217
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-17-217. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.