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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1115

  • 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.  Each certificate of stock shall contain the corporation‘s full name, and the following statement:

“Except when held in his own right by a natural person duly licensed to practice optometry in the state of Louisiana, the shares represented by this certificate are not entitled to be voted or to participate in the earnings of the corporation, and the holder is not entitled to participate in the management of, or in the rendition of optometry care by, the corporation, or to have access to any records or communications pertaining to optometry services rendered by, or any other affairs of, the corporation.”

B.  Each certificate of stock shall contain a reference to any and all agreements among the corporation’s voting shareholders, made pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 12:1118.  

C.  There shall be no provision for compulsory offer of shares for purchase by or sale to the corporation and, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 12:71, no restriction upon the transfer of shares, unless in either event such provision or restriction is stated or summarized on the certificate representing the shares.  

Added by Acts 1980, No. 404, §1.