§ 7-56-502 — Marketing or purchasing contracts

Cooperatives limiting
membership to agricultural producers may make and execute marketing or
purchasing contracts requiring the members to sell or purchase, for any period of
time not over ten years, all or any specified part of their agricultural products or
specified commodities, goods, services, or input supplies exclusively to or through
the cooperative or any facilities utilized or to be created by the cooperative. If such
producers contract to sell to the cooperative, it shall be conclusively held that title
to the products passes absolutely and unreservedly, except for recorded liens, to
the cooperative upon delivery or at any other specified time if expressly and
definitely agreed to in the contract. The contract may provide, among other things,
that the cooperative may sell or resell the products delivered by its members with
or without taking title to the products and pay over to its members the resale price,
after deducting all necessary selling, overhead, and other costs and expenses,
including interest or dividends on stock which shall not exceed eight percent per
annum, and reserves for proper purposes.

Legislative History

Source: L. 96: Entire article R&RE, p. 510, � 1, effective July 1.