Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:985 – Shares
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:985
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. There shall be only one class of shares of professional dental corporations, denominated common shares, which shall be either with or without par value.
B. Either a shareholder who is a natural person duly licensed to practice dentistry in this state, and who holds his shares in his own right, or another professional dental corporation, shall be entitled to vote such shares, and to participate in the corporation’s earnings. Any other shareholder shall have no voting rights for any purpose whatever, shall not participate in the corporation’s earnings, and shall have no access to any records or communications pertaining to dental services rendered by, or any other affairs of, the corporation, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 12:993B.
C. La. Rev. Stat. 12:78 shall not apply to professional dental corporations.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 127, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 80, §1; Acts 1980, No. 674, §1.