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...(A) An association shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, and shall also keep minutes of the proceedings of meetings of its members, board, and delegates. The association shall keep at its principal office records of the names and addresses of all members and stockholders with the amount of ownership interests and stock held by each. (B) At any reasonable time, any member, upon written notice ...

...(A) An association may merge or consolidate with one or more associations under this chapter. Before an association may merge or consolidate with any other association, a written agreement of merger or consolidation shall be approved by the board of each constituent association and by the members of each constituent association. The agreement shall set forth the terms of the merger or consolidation, including any pr...

...(A) An association may merge or consolidate with one or more entities, if such merger or consolidation is permitted by the laws under which each constituent entity exists and the association complies with this section. (B) Each constituent association shall comply with section 1729.35 of the Revised Code with respect to form and approval of an agreement of merger or consolidation, and each constituent entity shall ...

...(A) Unless a later date is specified in the agreement, a merger or consolidation under sections 1729.35 and 1729.36 of the Revised Code is effective when the certificate of merger or consolidation is filed in accordance with section 1729.38 of the Revised Code. If, after filing the certificate but before the merger or consolidation is effective, the merger or consolidation is amended or abandoned, as provided in divi...

...(A)(1) Upon adoption of an agreement of merger or consolidation under section 1729.35 or 1729.36 of the Revised Code, a certificate, signed by any authorized officer or representative of each constituent association or entity, shall be filed with the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that sets forth the following: (a) The name and form of each constituent association or entity and th...

...(A) Any association may divide itself into two or more associations. A written plan of division shall be approved by the association's board. Such plan shall set forth all the terms of the division and the proposed effect of the division on all members and stockholders of the association. The plan also shall contain the articles of incorporation and bylaws of each association resulting from the division, which articl...

...(A) A domestic corporation that is not an association may convert itself into an association by adopting an amendment to its articles of incorporation in which it elects to become subject to this chapter, together with any changes in its articles of incorporation and bylaws required by this chapter, and any other desirable changes permitted by this chapter. The amendment shall be adopted, filed, and recorded in the m...

...An action to set aside a merger, consolidation, division, or conversion of an association, on the ground that any section of the Revised Code has not been complied with, shall be brought within ninety days after the effective date of the merger, consolidation, division, or conversion, or such action shall be forever barred.

...(A) In order to obtain payment of the fair cash value, a stockholder entitled to payment of the fair cash value of stock under section 1729.09, 1729.35, 1729.36, or 1729.40 of the Revised Code shall deliver a written demand for payment of the fair cash value of the stock to the association no later than fifteen days after notice is sent to members and stockholders in accordance with section 1729.09, 1729.35, 1729.36,...

...or hearing on the complaint and require service of a notice of the complaint and the date for hearing on the defendant in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure for service of process. (C) On the date fixed for the hearing or any adjournment thereof, the court shall determine from the complaint and any evidence submitted at the hearing by the parties, whether the affected stockholder is entitled to th...

...(A) As used in this section, "substantially all" means more than two-thirds of the association's assets, measured, in the board's discretion, either by value as recorded in the books and records of the association or by fair market value. (B) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of an association otherwise provide, a lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of any assets of an association ...

...nce from the director of job and family services showing that all contributions due from the association as an employer have been paid, that payment adequately has been guaranteed, or that the association is not subject to such contributions; (5) A receipt, certificate, or other evidence from the bureau of workers' compensation showing that all premiums due from the association as an employer have been paid, that p...

...Following the filing of the certificate of dissolution, the directors, members, or incorporators who filed the certificate, as the case may be, shall cause a notice of voluntary dissolution to be published once a week on the same day of each week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the principal place of business of the association was to be or is locat...

...(A) When an association is dissolved voluntarily, when the articles of incorporation of an association have been canceled, when a final order of a court of common pleas is made dissolving an association under section 1729.59 of the Revised Code, or when the period of existence of the association specified in its articles of incorporation has expired, the association shall cease to carry on business and shall do only ...

...nt, or to any person properly rendering services beneficial to the association or to those interested in it; (10) The entry of a judgment or decree that, if it so provides, may operate as the deed or other instrument ordered to be executed, or the appointment of a master to execute such deed or instrument in the name of the association with the same effect as if executed by an authorized officer pursuant to authorit...

...(A) Whenever, after an association is dissolved voluntarily, the articles of an association have been canceled, or the period of existence of an association has expired, a receiver is appointed to wind up the affairs of the association, all the claims, demands, rights, interests, or liens of creditors, claimants, members, patrons, and stockholders shall be determined as of the day on which the receiver was appointed....

...(A) An association may be dissolved judicially and its affairs wound up by an order of the court of common pleas of the county in this state in which the association has its principal place of business, in an action brought by the members having sixty per cent of the voting power of the association on such proposal, or the holders of a lesser proportion as are entitled by the articles of incorporation to dissolve the...

...r or under the member's control and any services to be furnished by the member; (3) Buy or procure all or a specified part of goods or services from or through the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it; (4) Authorize the cooperative or any facilities furnished by it to act for the member in any manner in the procurement of goods or services for the member. (B) The term of marketing agreements may not excee...

..., sells, or otherwise furnishes inputs, services, or supplies to a person shall do either of the following: (1) Use duress against, coerce, or boycott the person in the exercise of the person's rights to join and belong to a cooperative; (2) Discriminate against the person with respect to price, quantity, or quality, or other terms of purchase or sale of products or produce, services, or supplies, solely by reason ...

...(A) No handler shall commit an unfair marketing practice, as defined in division (B) of this section, whenever a marketing cooperative has been authorized by its members to bargain on behalf of its members for sales contracts with the handler and any of the following conditions exist: (1) Members of the marketing cooperative are obligated to produce and deliver agricultural products or produce under sales contracts ...

...(A) An agricultural cooperative is not a conspiracy, a combination in restraint of trade, an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily; and the marketing agreements between such an agricultural cooperative and its members, or any other marketing agreements or sales contracts authorized or described in sections 1729.67 to 1729.70 of the Revised Code, are not illegal as such, in...

...Any foreign association may carry on any proper activities in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations desiring to do business in this state. All contracts that could be made by any association incorporated under this chapter and that are made by or with such foreign associations, shall be enforceable in this state with all of the remedies set forth in this chapter.

...An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other cooperative, corporation, or other form of organization.

...Any exemptions under any law applying to agricultural products in the possession or under the control of the individual producer also shall apply to such products delivered by its producer members, as long as such products are in the possession or under the control of an agricultural cooperative.

...Membership stock and patronage stock of a cooperative are not to be considered securities under Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code.