No foreign electric cooperative shall have the right to transact business in this state until it shall have procured a certificate of authority to do so from the Secretary of State. No foreign electric cooperative shall be entitled to procure a certificate of authority under this article to transact in this state any business which […]
A foreign electric cooperative which has received a certificate of authority under this article shall, until a certificate of revocation or of withdrawal has been issued as provided in this article, enjoy the same, but no greater, rights and privileges as an electric membership corporation organized for the purposes set forth in the application pursuant […]
No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign electric cooperative unless the corporate name shall be written in Roman or cursive letters or Arabic or Roman numbers and: Shall contain the word “cooperative,” “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” or “limited,” or shall contain an abbreviation of one of such words; Shall not contain any word […]
Whenever a foreign electric cooperative which is authorized to transact business in this state changes its name, such foreign electric cooperative shall, within 30 days after such change becomes effective, file an application for an amended certificate of authority in accordance with Code Section 46-3-462. If the foreign electric cooperative fails to file this application […]
A foreign electric cooperative, in order to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, shall make application therefor to the Secretary of State, which application shall set forth: The name of the foreign electric cooperative and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated; If the name of the […]
The application of the foreign electric cooperative for a certificate of authority shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174, together with a copy of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, or, in lieu thereof, if provided by its jurisdiction of incorporation, a copy of […]
Upon the issuance of a certificate of authority by the Secretary of State, the foreign electric cooperative shall be authorized to transact business in this state for those purposes set forth in its application. Such authority shall continue so long as the foreign electric cooperative retains its authority to do such business in its jurisdiction […]
Each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state: A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose […]
A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State a statement setting forth: The name of the foreign electric cooperative; The address of its then registered office; If the address of […]
The registered agent appointed pursuant to Code Section 46-3-458 by a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall be an agent of such foreign electric cooperative upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the foreign electric cooperative may be served in the […]
Whenever the articles of incorporation of a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state are amended, such foreign electric cooperative shall, within 30 days after such amendment becomes effective, file in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of such amendment or, in lieu thereof, if provided for by its […]
Whenever a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is a party to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and such foreign electric cooperative is the surviving entity, it shall, within 30 days after such merger becomes effective, file with the Secretary of State a copy […]
A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall make application to the Secretary of State for an amended certificate of authority within 30 days after it: Changes its corporate name; or Enlarges, limits, or otherwise changes the purpose or purposes which it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in […]
A foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state may withdraw from this state upon procuring from the Secretary of State a certificate of withdrawal. In order to procure such certificate of withdrawal, the foreign electric cooperative shall deliver to the Secretary of State an application for withdrawal, which shall set forth: The […]
The application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing as provided in Code Section 46-3-174. Upon filing the application, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver to the foreign electric cooperative or its representative a certificate of withdrawal. Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the authority of […]
When a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is dissolved or its authority or existence is otherwise terminated or canceled in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or when such foreign electric cooperative is merged into or consolidated with another foreign electric cooperative, the foreign electric cooperative or its successor, receiver, or trustee […]
The certificate of authority of a foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state may be revoked by the Secretary of State upon the conditions prescribed in this Code section when: The foreign electric cooperative has failed to file its annual report to the Secretary of State within the time required by Code Section […]
Upon revoking any such certificate of authority, the Secretary of State shall: Issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate; File one of such certificates in his office; and Mail to such foreign electric cooperative at its registered office in this state or, if the foreign electric cooperative has no such registered office, at its last […]
A foreign electric cooperative whose certificate of authority has been revoked by the Secretary of State under the conditions prescribed by Code Section 46-3-466 shall be reinstated by the Secretary of State by the issuance of a certificate of reinstatement. The certificate of reinstatement may be issued at any time within five years from the […]
A foreign electric cooperative that is required under this article to obtain a certificate of authority but fails to do so shall be liable to this state for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees which would […]
