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Effective 5/9/2017
16-6a-611. Property rights.

  • (1) A member has no right relating to management, control, purpose, or duration of the nonprofit corporation, except as provided by:
    • (a) the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of a mutual benefit corporation; or
    • (b) other applicable law.
  • (2) Unless otherwise provided by agreement, articles of incorporation, or the bylaws of a water company, and subject to the general liabilities and obligations of the water company, a shareholder in a water company has:
    • (a) an equitable, beneficial interest in the use of the water supply of the water company, proportionate to the shareholder’s shares in the water company, which is an interest in real property; and
    • (b) the right to have the shareholder’s proportionate share of the water delivered through a diversion structure, ditch, canal, storage and distribution facility, or other appurtenance of the water company, in accordance with:
      • (i) the distribution method of the water company; or
      • (ii) an approved change application under Section 73-3-3.5.

Amended by Chapter 358, 2017 General Session