Pennsylvania § 7703 Corporations

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 7703 — Corporations

Pennsylvania § 7703

Title 15CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

PartPART II

Ch. 77WORKERS' COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS

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Bluebook

15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7703 (2026).

Text

(a)Members and purpose.--Corporations, productive and distributive, may be incorporated under this chapter, upon compliance with its requirements, by five or more farmers, mechanics, laborers or other persons who have incorporated themselves together by written articles under section 7704 (relating to articles of incorporation) for the purpose of carrying on agricultural, horticultural, mining, quarrying, building, mechanical, manufacturing or commercial business; for the purpose of manufacturing, cultivating, raising, trading or dealing in goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, grains, vegetables, roots, fruits and other produce or animals; or for the purpose of buying, selling, holding, leasing or improving lands, tenements or buildings.

(b)Name.--

(1)The name of the corporation must

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(a) Members and purpose.--Corporations, productive and distributive, may be incorporated under this chapter, upon compliance with its requirements, by five or more farmers, mechanics, laborers or other persons who have incorporated themselves together by written articles under section 7704 (relating to articles of incorporation) for the purpose of carrying on agricultural, horticultural, mining, quarrying, building, mechanical, manufacturing or commercial business; for the purpose of manufacturing, cultivating, raising, trading or dealing in goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, grains, vegetables, roots, fruits and other produce or animals; or for the purpose of buying, selling, holding, leasing or improving lands, tenements or buildings.

(b) Name.--

(1) The name of the corporation must comply with section 202 (relating to requirements for names generally).

(2) The two last words of the name shall be "cooperative corporation," but it shall be unlawful to use in the name either the words "society" or "company." A violation of this paragraph by a corporation formed under this chapter renders each member personally liable for all debts of the corporation.

(c) Business office.--A corporation must have a regular business office.

Legislative History

(Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198, eff. imd.; Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015) 2014 Amendment.Act 172 amended subsec. (b)(1). 1990 Amendment.Act 198 renumbered section 7702 to section 7703 and renumbered former section 7703 to section 7704 and amended subsec. (a), retroactive to June 19, 1989. Cross References.Section 7703 is referred to in section 7720 of this title.