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Section 274.210 – Marketing contracts — enforcement.

Effective – 28 Aug 1949 274.210. Marketing contracts — enforcement. — 1. The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the members to the association upon the breach by him of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products; […]

Section 274.220 – Membership in other corporations — functions.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 274.220. Membership in other corporations — functions. — 1. An association may organize, form, operate, control, have an interest in, or be a member of a corporation or other entity and engage in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing or selling of the agricultural products […]

Section 274.230 – Two or more associations may act jointly.

Effective – 28 Aug 1996 274.230. Two or more associations may act jointly. — Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts, and arrangements with a corporation, person or other entity, for the more economical carrying on of its business or any part or parts […]

Section 274.240 – Association of other state may do business in state, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 274.240. Association of other state may do business in state, when. — Any association heretofore or hereafter organized under generally similar laws of another state shall be allowed to carry on any proper activities, operations and functions in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations […]

Section 274.250 – Use of words “nonprofit cooperative” prohibited.

Effective – 28 Aug 1949 274.250. Use of words “nonprofit cooperative” prohibited. — No person, firm, corporation, or association, hereafter organized or hereafter applying to do business in this state as a farmers’ marketing association for the sale of farm products, shall be entitled to use the words “nonprofit cooperative” as part of its corporate […]

Section 274.260 – Efforts to break contract a misdemeanor.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 274.260. Efforts to break contract a misdemeanor. — Any person or persons or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member of an association hereunder or organized under similar statutes of other states with similar restrictions and rights and operating in this state under […]

Section 274.270 – Soliciting breach of contract — liability.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 274.270. Soliciting breach of contract — liability. — Any person, firm or corporation conducting a warehouse within this state who solicits or persuades or permits any member of any association organized hereunder to breach his marketing contract with the association by accepting or receiving such member’s products for sale or […]

Section 274.120 – Officers elected by directors.

Effective – 28 Aug 1945 274.120. Officers elected by directors. — The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association; and they may combine the two latter offices and designate […]

Section 274.280 – Association not guilty of conspiracy, or illegal monopoly.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 274.280. Association not guilty of conspiracy, or illegal monopoly. — No association organized hereunder and complying with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be a conspiracy or a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly; or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily nor […]

Section 274.130 – Officers and employees to give bonds.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 274.130. Officers and employees to give bonds. — Every officer, employee and agent handling funds or negotiable instruments or property of or for any association created hereunder shall be required to execute and deliver adequate bonds for the faithful performance of his duties and obligations. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 14344) […]