Telephone company doing business in rural district

17-1504. Telephone company doing business in rural district. That any telephone company principally doing business in any rural district in the state of Kansas at any regular annual meeting or at a special meeting duly called may change from an ordinary corporation into a cooperative society as provided by K.S.A. 17-1501, 17-1502 and 17-1503 and 17-1515, by a vote representing the majority of all the stock of such corporation, and thereafter such corporation shall be and become a cooperative society as provided by said sections. History: L. 1913, ch. 138, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1504. Revisor's Note: Section originally referred to L. 1887, ch. 116, which was superseded and repealed by L. 1915, ch. 159, and L. 1917, ch. 126. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Election to membership cannot be required before stock transferable; statutes prohibit private corporations from purchasing their own stock; exceptions. Steele v. Telephone Association, 95 Kan. 580, 586, 148 P. 661. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026