Each incorporator of a cooperative shall be a member of the cooperative, but no other person may become a member unless the person agrees to use electric energy or other services furnished by the cooperative as the cooperative establishes in its bylaws. A husband and wife may hold a joint membership in a cooperative. Membership in a cooperative is not transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications, limitations, classifications and rights concerning membership.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-2060

  • Bylaws: means the code of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name by which those rules are designated. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Cooperative: means a corporation that is organized under this article or that becomes subject to this article in the manner provided in this article. See Arizona Laws 10-2051
  • Member: means , without regard to what a person is called in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, any person or persons who, pursuant to a provision of a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, have the right to vote for the election of a director or directors. See Arizona Laws 10-3140
  • Membership: refers to the rights and obligations a member or members have pursuant to a corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws and chapters 24 through 40 of this title. See Arizona Laws 10-3140
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency of a state or any body politic. See Arizona Laws 10-2051