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...A) A community urban redevelopment corporation does not have the power, nor shall any financial agreement made pursuant to Chapter 1728. of the Revised Code, provide that the municipal corporation for its part will undertake, to construct, install, acquire, maintain, or operate any property, plant, equipment, or facilities which would be competitive with any public utility as the same is defined in section 4905.02 of...

...Code. (C) "Association" means any corporation organized under this chapter. (D) "Bargaining" means the mutual obligation of a handler and a marketing cooperative to meet at reasonable times and confer and negotiate in good faith. Negotiations may include all terms relative to trading between handlers and producers. The obligation does not require either party to agree upon price, terms of sale, or any other m...

...or any lawful purpose permitted to corporations by the laws of this state, except any such purpose that is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or other chapters of Title XVII of the Revised Code. This section does not authorize any professional services otherwise prohibited by law. (B) Associations shall be corporations that are deemed nonprofit because they are not organized for the purpose of making a...

... rights, and privileges granted to corporations by the laws of this state, except as are inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter.

...(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, an association may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person that was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding, other than an action or suit by or in the right of the association, because the person is or was a director, officer,...

...," "co.," "incorporated," "inc.," "corporation," or "corp." (B) No corporation or other person organized or applying to do business in this state shall use the word or abbreviation "cooperative," "coop," "co-operative," or "co-op" as a part of its corporate or other business name or title, unless at least one of the following applies: (1) It is organized under this chapter. (2) It is organized and operating on a c...

... state; (b) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership association, professional association, business trust, or unincorporated nonprofit association that has a business address in this state. If the agent is an entity other than a domestic corporation, the agent shall meet the require...

...(A) The articles of incorporation of an association shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name of the association; (2) The association's purposes, as permitted by this chapter. It is sufficient to state in the articles that the association may engage in any activity within the purposes for which associations may be organized under this chapter. (3) The county and municipal corporation or township where the...

...(A) The articles of incorporation of an association may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the association or at any special meeting called for that purpose, provided that the text of the proposed change, or a general description of the change, is contained in the notice of the meeting. An amendment shall first be approved by two thirds of the directors and shall then be adopted by an affirmative vote of...

... an amendment to the articles of incorporation, a holder of stock other than membership stock or patronage stock who is affected by a proposed amendment to the articles shall be entitled to cast one vote on the amendment regardless of the par or stated value of the stock, the number of shares, or the number of affected classes of stock held. (2) A member holding stock affected by a proposed amendment may vote only a...

...of the association's articles of incorporation or amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, and certified by the secretary of state, is conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that the association has been incorporated under the laws of this state; and a copy certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate is prima-facie evidence of such amendme...

...An association whose articles of incorporation have been canceled or an association that has been dissolved in a manner other than for a voluntary dissolution as provided in section 1729.55 of the Revised Code, or a judicial dissolution as provided in section 1729.61 of the Revised Code, may be reinstated by filing, within two years of the cancellation or dissolution, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state fo...

...(A) For filing articles of incorporation or a certificate of amendment of articles or a certificate of merger, consolidation, division, or dissolution, and with respect to the issuance of shares of stock, an association organized under this chapter shall pay to the secretary of state the fees imposed by section 111.16 of the Revised Code. In the case of a certificate of division, the filing fee shall be the same as f...

...eipts or dividends from subsidiary corporations, or from stock or other securities owned by the association, may be included in the ordinary receipts of the association, and may be distributed accordingly. (B) An association, at any time, may purchase its own common stock at par or book value as determined by the board. (C) An association shall have a continued perfected security interest in its membership stock an...

...this chapter and the articles of incorporation of the association. The bylaws may provide for any of the following: (A) The time, place, and manner of calling and conducting the association's meetings; (B) The number of members constituting a quorum. If voting by any method other than personal appearance is used, members represented by a ballot or by proxy may be counted in computing a quorum only on those matters ...

...th the association's articles of incorporation or with this chapter of the Revised Code. Any such bylaw is subject to amendment or repeal by the members at any time. (C) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, any bylaw may be adopted, amended, or repealed by a majority of the member votes cast on the adoption, amendment, or repeal.

...(A) Each member entitled to vote shall have one vote, except that the articles or bylaws of the association may permit the following: (1) Voting by members in accordance with the amount of business done with or through the association. (2) Voting by delegates, including a voting system that provides any one or a combination of the following: (a) That a delegate may cast only one vote; (b) That a delegate may cast...

... special meeting at any time for consideration of such business. Upon compliance with this division, the meeting shall be called by the board. (D) Notice of every meeting, together with a statement of the purpose of the meeting, shall be sent to each member who is entitled to vote at the meeting and any affected stockholder at the member's or stockholder's current address, as shown in the records of the association,...

... in an association's articles of incorporation or bylaws, any action that may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the members, affected stockholders, the board, or any committee of the board, may be authorized or taken without a meeting, with the affirmative vote or approval of the following: (1) In the case of members or affected stockholders, sixty per cent of the votes of the members or affected stockholders w...

...(A) Whenever notice is required by this chapter to be given to any person, the notice may be given personally, by mail, or by electronic or telephonic transmittal. If mailed, the notice is given when it is deposited in the United States mail, with postage prepaid, addressed to the person at the person's address as it appears on the records of the association. If notice is sent by electronic or telephonic transmittal,...

... or an association's articles of incorporation or bylaws require that action be otherwise authorized or taken, all of the authority of an association shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board. The board shall consist of not less than five directors, elected by and from the members, unless the number of members is less than five, in which case, the number of directors may equal the number of members. ...

...th the association's articles of incorporation or bylaws, as to matters within its designated authority, provided the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section: (1) A director shall not be found to have failed to perform the duties in accordance with division (A) of this section, unless it is proved, by clear and convincing evidence, in an action ...

... in an association's articles of incorporation or bylaws: (1) No contract or transaction between an association and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the association and any other person in which one or more of the association's directors or officers, are directors or officers, or have a financial or personal interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the directo...

...w, the association's articles of incorporation, or bylaws; (b) A distribution of assets to persons other than creditors during the winding up of the affairs of the association, on dissolution or otherwise, without the payment of all known obligations of the association, or without making adequate provision for the payment of the obligations; (c) The making of loans, other than in the usual conduct of the associatio...

...ss the association's articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, none of the other officers need be a director. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge, or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if the instrument is required by law or by the articles or bylaws to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by two or more officers. Unless the art...