C.R.S. Section 7-56-102
Legislative declaration

(1)

The general assembly finds and declares that:

(a)

The cooperative form of doing business provides an efficient and effective method for persons to market their goods and services and to obtain services and supplies and it is in the best interests of the people of the state of Colorado to promote, foster, and encourage the utilization of cooperatives in appropriate instances;

(b)

The cooperative marketing law of the state of Colorado has provided for the promotion, fostering, and encouragement of the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation; has eliminated speculation and waste; has made distribution of agricultural products between producer and consumer more efficient; has stabilized the marketing of agricultural products; and has provided for the organization and incorporation of cooperative marketing associations for the marketing of such products, all as contemplated at the time of the original adoption of the cooperative marketing law;

(c)

It is in the best interests of the people of the state of Colorado to preserve the provisions of the cooperative marketing law as it has been in force and interpreted in the state and to continue the provisions thereof for agriculture, but also to expand the provisions of the law to provide greater direction and flexibility in its provisions and to enable all types of industries and enterprises to avail themselves of the benefits of the cooperative form of doing business in accordance with the provisions of this article;

(d)

It is in the best interests of the people of the state of Colorado to allow those cooperatives that have been formed under or are subject to other articles of this title, such as article 55, to remain under said article or to elect to come under this article.

Source: Section 7-56-102 — Legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-07.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

7‑56‑101
Short title 7‑56‑102
Legislative declaration 7‑56‑103
Definitions 7‑56‑104
Filings by the secretary of state 7‑56‑106
Periodic and other reports 7‑56‑107
Cooperative records 7‑56‑201
Articles of incorporation 7‑56‑202
Amendment of articles 7‑56‑203
Restated articles 7‑56‑204
Cooperatives desiring to relinquish provisions of this article 7‑56‑205
Entities formed under other law but subject to this article 7‑56‑208
Bylaws 7‑56‑209
Agricultural marketing cooperatives 7‑56‑210
Renewable energy cooperatives 7‑56‑301
Members 7‑56‑302
Member meetings - how called - notice 7‑56‑303
Members’ list for meeting 7‑56‑304
Quorum 7‑56‑305
Member voting 7‑56‑306
Reserves, distributions, and patronage refunds 7‑56‑307
Inspection of cooperative records by member 7‑56‑308
Scope of member’s inspection right 7‑56‑309
Court-ordered inspection 7‑56‑401
Directors - elections - remuneration - vacancy 7‑56‑402
Officers - titles - election - duties and authority - removal 7‑56‑403
Procedures for meetings of the board of directors 7‑56‑404
Removal of director by the membership or the board 7‑56‑405
Removal of director by judicial proceeding 7‑56‑406
Indemnification and personal liability of directors, officers, employees, and agents 7‑56‑407
Persons to be bonded 7‑56‑409
Registered agent - service of process 7‑56‑501
Powers 7‑56‑502
Marketing or purchasing contracts 7‑56‑503
Remedies for breach of marketing or purchasing contract 7‑56‑504
Inducing breach of marketing or purchasing contract 7‑56‑505
Purchases of property or other interests 7‑56‑506
Warehouse receipts - interest in warehouse entities 7‑56‑507
Application of other laws 7‑56‑508
Cooperatives not in restraint of trade 7‑56‑509
Exemption from securities laws 7‑56‑510
Renewable energy cooperatives - powers 7‑56‑601
Encumbering property 7‑56‑602
Merger, conversion, or consolidation or share or equity capital exchange 7‑56‑603
Procedure for consolidation, share or equity capital exchange, conversion, and merger 7‑56‑604
Merger of parent and subsidiary 7‑56‑604.5
Statement of merger or conversion 7‑56‑605
Statement of consolidation or share or equity capital exchange 7‑56‑606
Effect of merger, conversion, consolidation, or share or equity capital exchange 7‑56‑606.5
Merger with foreign entity 7‑56‑607
Consolidation or share or equity capital exchange with foreign business 7‑56‑608
Dissenters’ rights - definitions 7‑56‑609
Sale or other disposition of property without member approval 7‑56‑610
Sale or other disposition of property requiring member approval 7‑56‑701
Authorization of dissolution before issuance of memberships 7‑56‑702
Authorization of dissolution after issuance of memberships 7‑56‑703
Articles of dissolution 7‑56‑705
Effect of dissolution 7‑56‑714
Grounds for judicial dissolution 7‑56‑715
Procedure for judicial dissolution 7‑56‑716
Receivership or custodianship 7‑56‑717
Decree of dissolution 7‑56‑718
Certain assignments of assets in dissolution 7‑56‑801
Authority to transact business or conduct activities required 7‑56‑802
Registered agent - service of process 7‑56‑901
Application to existing cooperatives
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 7-56-102’s source at colorado​.gov