Section 11. (a) When any employee cooperative revokes its election in accordance with section four, the articles of amendment shall provide for conversion of membership shares and internal capital accounts or their conversion to securities or other property in a manner consistent with said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 157A sec. 11

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

(b) An employee cooperative which has not revoked its election under this chapter may not consolidate or merge with another corporation other than an employee cooperative. Two or more employee cooperatives may consolidate or merge in accordance with sections seventy-eight, eighty, eighty-one, eighty-four and eighty-five of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B.

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