SECTIONS 54291-54294 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 54291-54294

54291. Any corporation which is organized or existing pursuant to
any law, except Title 23 (commencing with Section 653aa), Part 4,
Division 1 of the Civil Code, may be brought under the provisions of
this chapter by amending its articles of incorporation, in the manner
which is prescribed by the general corporation laws, to conform to
this chapter. If any corporation amends its articles of incorporation
to conform to this chapter, it shall be deemed to be organized and
existing pursuant to, and entitled to the benefit of, and subject to
this chapter for all purposes and as fully as though it had been
originally organized pursuant to this chapter.

54292. Articles of incorporation shall be deemed to conform to this
chapter within the meaning of Section 54291 in both of the following
cases:
(a) It is provided or declared in the articles of incorporation,
in substance, regardless of form, that the corporation is organized
and exists as a nonprofit cooperative corporation for the purposes
which are provided for in, or permitted by, this chapter, or one or
more of such purposes.
(b) It clearly appears from the articles of incorporation that the
corporation desires to be subject to, and to be organized, exist,
and function pursuant to this chapter.

54293. If the amended articles conform, as provided in Section
54292, provisions in the articles of incorporation that appeared in
the original articles or some previous amended articles, are
ineffective if, and to the extent that, they are inapplicable to, or
inconsistent with, this chapter.

54294. This article applies retrospectively as well as
prospectively, and may be availed of by a corporation regardless of
the time of incorporation, whether prior or subsequent to the
adoption of this article, and shall apply to amendments to articles
of incorporation whether made prior or subsequent to the adoption of
this article, and all amendments made prior to the adoption of this
article shall be effective and valid to the same extent as though
made subsequent to the adoption of this article.