Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:126 – Members
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:126
- Agricultural products: include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and other farm products;
(2) "Member" includes actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock;
(3) "Association" means any association organized under this Part; and,
(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, and associations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:122
- Association: means any association organized under this Part; and,
(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, and associations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:122
- Member: includes actual members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with capital stock;
(3) "Association" means any association organized under this Part; and,
(4) "Person" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, and associations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:122
- Person: means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
Under the terms and conditions prescribed in its articles or by-laws, an association may admit as voting members, or issue common stock or certificates of voting membership only to persons engaged in the production of agricultural products, including the lessees and tenants of lands used for production of such products and lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or part of the crop raised on the leased premises, provided that if the articles or by-laws so stipulate, persons not engaged in the production of agricultural products may be admitted as nonvoting members, the titles, classifications and conditions of such nonvoting memberships to be specified in the articles or by-laws.
Certificates of membership of a nonstock association shall not be transferable, and no person shall acquire common stock by operation of law or otherwise, except as provided herein.
If a member of a nonstock association be other than a natural person, the member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, manager, or member thereof, duly authorized in writing.
If the articles or by-laws so provide, members or stockholders may be represented at annual and special meetings by representatives or delegates, and in such cases, all rights of members and stockholders as defined in this Part shall be exercised by such representatives or delegates to the extent authorized by the articles or by-laws.
One association organized hereunder may become a member or stockholder of any other association organized hereunder.
Amended by Acts 1966, No. 87, §1.