This text of Georgia § 46-3-465 (Effect of termination of existence of foreign electric cooperative) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Georgia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)When a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is dissolved or its authority or existence is otherwise terminated or canceled in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or when such foreign electric cooperative is merged into or consolidated with another foreign electric cooperative, the foreign electric cooperative or its successor, receiver, or trustee shall deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of the appropriate official of its jurisdiction of incorporation attesting to the occurrence of any such event or an order or decree of a court of such jurisdiction directing the dissolution of such foreign electric cooperative, the termination of its existence, or the cancellation of its authority, together with a statement of the post off
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(a) When a foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state is dissolved or its authority or existence is otherwise terminated or canceled in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or when such foreign electric cooperative is merged into or consolidated with another foreign electric cooperative, the foreign electric cooperative or its successor, receiver, or trustee shall deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of the appropriate official of its jurisdiction of incorporation attesting to the occurrence of any such event or an order or decree of a court of such jurisdiction directing the dissolution of such foreign electric cooperative, the termination of its existence, or the cancellation of its authority, together with a statement of the post office address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process against the foreign electric cooperative that may be served on him. (b) The filing of such certificate or judgment shall be done in the same manner and shall have the same effect as the filing of an application for withdrawal; and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of withdrawal thereon which shall be returned to the foreign electric cooperative or its representative. Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the foreign electric cooperative to transact business in this state shall cease. (c) Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the Secretary of State shall be the agent of the foreign electric cooperative upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served in any action or proceeding based upon any cause of action accruing in this state prior to the issuance of such certificate. Such service and the action thereon shall be the same as provided in this article in other cases where the Secretary of State is agent for service. (d) Before the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of withdrawal, the foreign electric cooperative shall secure from the state revenue commissioner a certificate that the foreign electric cooperative has met the requirements concerning reports and taxes.