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Sec. 33-418i. Membership requirements. Membership shares. Rights of members.

      Sec. 33-418i. Membership requirements. Membership shares. Rights of members. (a) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a worker cooperative shall establish qualifications and the method of acceptance and termination of members. No person may be accepted as a member unless employed by the worker cooperative on a full-time or part-time basis, provided no less than fifty per cent of all employees shall be members.

      (b) A worker cooperative shall issue a class of voting stock designated as "membership shares". Each member shall own only one such membership share, and only members may own such shares.

      (c) Membership shares shall be issued for a fee as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors. Section 33-671 and subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 33-683 shall not apply to such membership shares. Sections 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive, shall not apply to membership shares whose redemption price is determined by reference to internal capital accounts, as defined in section 33-418m.

      (d) Members of a worker cooperative shall have all the rights and responsibilities of stockholders of a corporation formed under chapter 601, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

      (P.A. 84-430, S. 6, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 171, 172, 254.)

      History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to "Sections 33-342, 33-346 and 33-347" with "Section 33-671 and subdivision (6) of subsection (b) of section 33-683" and replace reference to "Sections 33-373 and 33-374" with "Sections 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive," and amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to "chapter 599" with "chapter 601", effective January 1, 1997.

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