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Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 52 Cooperative Marketing AssociationsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Agriculture Code > Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 52 Cooperative Marketing Associations Sponsored LinksThe purpose of this chapter is: (1) to promote and encourage intelligent and orderly production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves and marketing of agricultural ... In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural products" includes horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, and bee products and any farm and ranch product. (2) "Marketing association" ... Because a marketing association is organized not to make money for itself or for its members as individuals but only to make money for its ... The general corporation laws of the state apply to marketing associations unless those laws conflict with this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1103, ch. ... (a) A marketing association is not a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly. (b) Organizing under this chapter is not an attempt ... Each association incorporated and organized under this chapter after August 1, 1987, has perpetual existence unless a limited duration is provided for and stated in ... (a) A marketing association may be incorporated to engage in any activity connected with: (1) the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves; (2) the ... (a) A marketing association shall be operated for the mutual benefit of its members, as producers, and shall conform to one or both of the ... A marketing association may: (1) engage in any activity connected with: (A) the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves; (B) the marketing, selling, harvesting, ... (a) A marketing association may organize, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation, organized ... (a) A marketing association, by resolution of its board of directors, may make all necessary stipulations, agreements, contracts, and arrangements with any other cooperative corporation ... (a) A marketing association may execute a marketing contract with its members requiring the members to sell, for a period not exceeding 10 years, all ... Five or more persons who produce agricultural products or three or more marketing associations may form a marketing association under this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th ... (a) Every group of persons considering the organization of a marketing association is urged to communicate with the department. (b) On request, the department shall ... (a) Each marketing association shall prepare and file articles of incorporation signed by each incorporator. (b) One of the incorporators shall acknowledge the articles before ... (a) The articles of incorporation must state: (1) the name of the association; (2) the term of existence, if it is limited; (3) the purpose ... (a) The incorporators shall file the articles of incorporation in accordance with the general corporation laws of the state. (b) The incorporators shall file a ... When the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary of state, all courts shall receive the articles or a certified copy of the articles ... (a) A marketing association may amend the articles of incorporation at any regular meeting of the association or at a special meeting for that purpose, ... (a) Any corporation or association organized under prior law before March 1, 1921, may elect, by a majority vote of its members or stockholders, to ... (a) A marketing association shall adopt bylaws before the 31st day after the day on which the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary ... The bylaws may provide for one or more of the following: (1) the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings of the association; ... A marketing association may be organized with or without capital stock. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1108, ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. ... When a member of a marketing association organized without capital stock has paid the membership fee in full, the association shall issue to the member ... (a) Subject to this section, a marketing association organized with capital stock may from time to time sell and issue shares of capital stock in ... (a) If a marketing association consists of fewer than 20 stockholders, a stockholder may not own more than one share of the marketing association's issued ... (a) A marketing association organized with capital stock may issue preferred stock with or without the right to vote. (b) The association may redeem preferred ... (a) If a marketing association organized with capital stock purchases stock, property, or an interest in property, it may discharge its obligations, in whole or ... (a) Membership of a marketing association is limited to persons who produce agricultural products handled by or through the association, including the lessees and tenants ... (a) A marketing association organized without capital stock may admit new members. (b) If the property rights of the association's members are unequal, a new ... (a) As prescribed by its bylaws, a marketing association annually shall hold one or more regular meetings of its members. (b) The board of directors ... Not later than the 10th day before the day of a meeting of a marketing association, the association shall: (1) mail to each member notice ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a member of a marketing association is entitled to one vote. (b) A marketing association ... In accordance with its articles of incorporation or a bylaw adopted under Section 52.052 of this code, a marketing association may provide for the termination ... Except for debts contracted with the association, a member of a marketing association is not liable for the debts of the association in an amount ... (a) A board of directors shall manage a marketing association. (b) The board shall be composed of five or more directors who are elected by ... (a) The directors shall elect: (1) a president or chairman; (2) one or more vice-presidents or vice-chairmen; (3) a secretary; and (4) a treasurer. (b) ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) of this section, a member of a marketing association may initiate removal of an officer or director by ... (a) Each officer, employee, or agent who handles money or property of a marketing association or any money or property that is under the control ... (a) On demand of one-third of the board of directors, the board shall refer to the entire membership of a marketing association for decision at ... For the purposes of this chapter, a corporation or association organized, with or without capital stock, under a cooperative marketing act of another state or ... (a) Any cooperative marketing association incorporated under the laws of another state may apply for and be granted a permit to do business in this ... (a) If a member breaches or threatens to breach a marketing contract, the marketing association may sue and, if successful, is entitled to: (1) an ... In a civil suit for damages, a person is liable to a marketing association for an amount equal to three times the amount of actual ... (a) The fee for filing articles of incorporation under this chapter is $10. (b) The fee for filing an amendment to the articles of incorporation ... (a) Each marketing association shall file an annual report with the department. The association shall prepare the report on forms furnished by the department. (b) ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |