Title 15, CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

All of the provisions of law applicable to electric cooperative corporations shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things. …

(a) General rule.--Each electric cooperative corporation shall have power (in addition to or limitation of the powers conferred by section 5502 (relating to general powers)): (1) To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and accumulate electric energy and to transmit, distribut…

The power to make, alter or repeal the bylaws of an electric cooperative corporation shall be vested in the board of directors. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with law or the articles.

A member shall not be liable for the debts of an electric cooperative corporation to an amount exceeding the sums remaining unpaid on his membership fee, but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any member from the payment of any debt due by him to the corporatio…

All persons in rural areas proposed to be served by an electric cooperative corporation, who are not receiving central station service, shall be eligible for membership in the corporation. No person other than the incorporators shall be, become or remain a member of the corporati…

(a) Time of annual meeting.--An annual meeting of the members of an electric cooperative corporation shall be held at such time as may be provided in the bylaws. (b) Call of special meetings.--Special meetings of the members may be called by: (1) the president; (2) the board of d…

Each member present shall be entitled to one and only one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of members of an electric cooperative corporation, but voting by proxy or by mail may be provided for in the bylaws.

When a member of an electric cooperative corporation has paid the membership fee in full, a certificate of membership shall be issued to the member. Memberships in the corporation and the certificates shall be nontransferable. The certificate of membership shall be surrendered to…

Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, a majority of the members present, in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of members of an electric cooperative corporation, but, if voting by mail is provided for in the b…

(a) General rule.--The business and affairs of an electric cooperative corporation shall be managed under the direction of a board of not less than three directors who shall be natural persons of full age. All directors shall be members. (b) Vacancies.--Any vacancy occurring in t…

(a) General rule.--Each electric cooperative corporation shall be operated without profit to its members, but the rates, fees, rents or other charges for electric energy and any other facilities, supplies, equipment or services furnished by the corporation shall be sufficient at …

(a) Merger or division.--Any two or more electric cooperative corporations may merge or divide but only if the surviving or resulting corporation is a corporation existing under this chapter. Every merger or division shall be proposed by the adoption by the board of directors of …

An electric cooperative corporation may dissolve only when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the corporation. Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the corporation have been satisfied or discharged upon dissolution shall…

Electric cooperative corporations subject to this chapter shall pay annually, on or before July 1, to the Department of Revenue a fee of $10 for each 100 members or fraction thereof but shall be exempt from all other State taxes of whatsoever kind or nature.

Except as provided in Subchapter C (relating to unincorporated area certified territory), all electric cooperative corporations subject to this chapter shall be exempt in any and all respects from the jurisdiction and control of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Whenever any electric cooperative corporation subject to this chapter has borrowed money from any Federal agency, the obligations issued to secure the payment of the money shall be exempt from the provisions of the act of December 5, 1972 (P.L.1280, No.284), known as the Pennsylv…

(a) General rule.--This subchapter shall apply only to the establishment of boundaries of certified territory between retail electric suppliers where one supplier is an electric cooperative corporation and the other supplier is subject to the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Publ…

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Certified territory." An unincorporated area as certified pursuant to section 7354 (relating to boundaries of certif…

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, to encourage the orderly development of retail electric service in unincorporated areas, to avoid wasteful duplication of distribution facilities, to avoid unnecessary encumbering of the landscape of the Commonwealth, to pr…

(a) Exclusive territories.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, a retail electric supplier shall not furnish retail electric service in the certified territory of another retail electric supplier. (b) Establishment of boundaries.--Except as otherwise provided in this se…

(a) Service within certified territory.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, each retail electric supplier shall be obligated (upon receipt of an application in accordance with its tariffs, rules, regulations or bylaws) and shall have the exclusive right to furnish reta…

Notwithstanding the establishment of certified territories pursuant to this subchapter and the obligations and rights to furnish service within the territory, a retail electric supplier may request another retail electric supplier to render service to one or more electric-consumi…

After July 30, 1975, the inclusion by incorporation, consolidation or annexation of any part of the certified territory of a retail electric supplier within the boundaries of any city or borough shall not in any respect impair or affect the rights of the retail electric supplier …

Upon proceedings brought by an interested person or by action of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the commission shall have the jurisdiction to enforce compliance with this subchapter and shall have jurisdiction to prohibit the furnishing of retail electric service by …

(a) General rule.--The expenses of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in administering this subchapter shall be assessed by the commission against the affected retail electric suppliers on the following basis: (1) Expenses which relate to the preparation or review of maps…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Cooperative Agricultural Association Law of 1990.

(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), this chapter applies to and the word "association" in this chapter means a corporation with or without capital stock incorporated under any of the following: (1) The act of June 12, 1919 (P.L.466, No.238)…

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Agricultural products." Includes all livestock and livestock products, dairy and dairy products, poultry and poultry pr…

(a) General rule.--It is the policy of this Commonwealth, as one means of improving the economic position of agriculture, to encourage the organization of producers of agricultural products into effective cooperative agricultural associations under the control of the producers fo…

Five or more individuals of full age engaging in agriculture or two or more cooperative agricultural associations may incorporate an association. If an association is incorporated by individuals, at least three of the individuals shall be residents of this Commonwealth. If an ass…

An association may be incorporated under this chapter for the purpose of engaging in any cooperative activity for producers of agricultural products in connection with: (1) Producing, assembling, marketing, buying, selling, bargaining or contracting for agricultural products, or …

Articles of incorporation of an association incorporated under this chapter shall comply with the applicable provisions of this part except that, if organized without capital stock, the articles shall state whether the property rights and interests of each member are equal or une…

(a) General rule.--Each association shall have power (in addition to or limitation of the powers conferred by section 1502 (relating to general powers) or 5502 (relating to general powers)): (1) To act as agent, broker or attorney-in-fact for its members and patrons and for any s…

Every association shall keep a record of all salaries, per diem payments or other remuneration paid to each officer and director by the association in addition to remuneration received for agricultural commodities marketed through the association.

An association shall admit to membership only persons who are engaging in agriculture, including both tenants and landlords receiving a share of the crop, and cooperative agricultural associations of such producers who agree to patronize the association in accordance with the uni…

(a) General rule.--Every association without capital stock shall issue a certificate of membership to each member. Every association with capital stock shall issue a certificate of common shares to each member certifying the number of shares of stock held by him. An association s…

(a) General rule.--The common shares of an association may be transferred only with the consent of the association and on the books of the association and then only to persons eligible to own shares in the association. No purported assignment or transfer of the shares shall pass …

(a) General rule.--Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws, a member of an association without capital stock shall lose his membership and his right to vote if he ceases to belong to the class eligible for membership or has done no business with an association for…

(a) General rule.--Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, no member may vote by proxy or by mail. No unrevoked proxy shall be valid more than 11 months from the date of its execution. If voting by mail is permitted, absent members may, under rules prescribed by the bylaws, be p…

There shall be at least one meeting of members or delegates each year. Annual and special membership or delegate meetings shall be governed by the bylaws.

(a) General rule.--An association, by action of its members or delegates, may amend its articles of incorporation in the manner provided by the applicable provisions of this part except that: (1) No amendment shall be adopted without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the memb…

(a) General rule.--The bylaws may provide for the following matters: (1) The time, place and manner of calling and conducting meetings of the members or delegates and the number of members or delegates (which may be less than a majority) that shall constitute a quorum. (2) The ma…

(a) General rule.--The business and affairs of the association shall be managed under the direction of a board of not less than five directors who shall be natural persons of full age. All directors shall be members. The first directors shall serve until the first annual meeting …

A director may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members present and voting at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose or, where the bylaws provide for the election of directors by districts, by the affirmative vote o…

The board shall elect a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may elect one or more vice presidents and any other officers as may be authorized in the bylaws. The president and at least one of the vice presidents must be members. Any two of the offices of vice president, sec…

(a) General rule.--An association and its members may make and execute contracts requiring the members to obtain all or any part of specific services from the association or to sell or deliver all or any part of their specified agricultural products to or through the association …