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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1636

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: means any corporation organized under this act. See Kansas Statutes 17-1602
  • Cooperative: means any association organized under this act, a cooperative association organized under the laws of any other state, any other association or corporation qualifying as a "farmer's cooperative" within the meaning of section 521 of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, and amendments thereto, or any corporation operating on a cooperative basis within the meaning of section 1381 of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, and amendments thereto. See Kansas Statutes 17-1602
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Member: shall include actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock. See Kansas Statutes 17-1602
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include individuals, firms, trusts, partnerships, corporations and associations. See Kansas Statutes 17-1602
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Any cooperative association or corporation, created, organized or existing under the provisions of article 15 or article 16 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and any amendments thereto, or any cooperative association or corporation organized under similar statutes of other states and licensed to do business in the state of Kansas, shall have the additional right and power to make disposition of all or substantially all of the association’s or corporation’s property, assets and good will, or good will, by sale, lease, exchange, or otherwise, to such individual, association, partnership, or corporation on such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the board of directors thereof may determine. Such transaction shall be authorized or approved by the vote of not less than 2/3 in number of the members or holders of voting stock or, in the case of any such association or corporation whose stockholders vote by shares, the holders of 2/3 in amount of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote, represented and voting at any meeting duly called and held for such purpose in accordance with the bylaws, and upon written notice sent by first-class mail to every member or stockholder at such member’s or stockholder’s last-known post-office address at least 10 days prior to such meetings. In lieu of the vote of 2/3 of the members or the vote of holders of 2/3 in amount of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote, the rights and powers granted by this section may be authorized by an association which is organized by a one person one vote plan by a vote of 2/3 of the voting members or voting stockholders present and voting at any duly called meeting when approved by the unanimous vote of the board of directors present.