Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:411

  • Cooperative: means a corporation organized under this Part and a corporation which becomes subject to this Part in the manner hereinafter provided. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:402
  • Person: includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:402

The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors.  No person shall continue to hold any of the above offices after he has ceased to be a director.  The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person.  The board of directors may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents, or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof.  Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the by-laws.  

Renumbered from R.S.1950, §12:311 by Acts 1968, No. 105, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.