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Ala. Code § 10A-11-1.08

Voting Power; Amendment or Repeal of Bylaws; Protection of Stockholders.

Known as the Alabama Employee Cooperative Corporations Law

The act spans §§ 10A-11-1.01 to 10A-11-1.12 (12 sections).

(Act 97-949, p. 524, §8; §10-14-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §312.)

(a) No capital stock other than membership shares shall be given voting power in an employee cooperative, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the power to amend or repeal bylaws of an employee cooperative shall be vested in the members only.

(c) Amendments adversely affecting the rights of members may not be adopted without the vote of the members, except that the protection of this subsection may be extended to stockholders in the case of employee cooperative corporations that have not elected to operate as an internal capital account cooperative.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.