2022 District of Columbia Code
Title 29 - Business Organizations. [Enacted title]
Chapter 9 - General Cooperative Associations
§ 29–934. Dissolution; methods; vote required for approval; distribution of assets

An association may, at any regular or special meeting legally called, be directed to dissolve by a vote of 2 /3 of the entire membership. By a vote of a majority of the members voting, 3 members shall be designated as trustees, who shall, on behalf of the association and within a time fixed in their designation or within any extension thereof, liquidate its assets, and shall distribute them in the manner set forth in this section. The association shall file a statement of dissolution with the Mayor. An action in the Superior Court for judicial dissolution of an association organized under this chapter may be instituted for the causes and prosecuted in the manner set forth in part B of subchapter XII of Chapter 4 of this title; provided, that any distribution of assets shall be in the manner set forth in this section. In case of any dissolution of an association, its assets shall be distributed in the following manner and order:

(1) Payment of its debts and expenses;

(2) Returning to members the par value of their shares or of their membership certificates, return to the subscribers the amounts paid on their subscriptions, and returning to the patrons the amount of savings returns credited to their accounts toward the purchase of shares or membership certificates; and

(3) Distribution of any surplus in either or both of the following ways as the articles may provide:

(A) Among those patrons who have been members or subscribers at any time during the past 6 years, on the basis of their patronage during that period; or

(B) As a gift to any consumers’ cooperative association or other nonprofit enterprise which may be designated in the articles.

(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720; Mar. 5, 2013, D.C. Law 19-210, § 2(i)(13), 59 DCR 13171.)

2001 Ed., § 29-936.

1981 Ed., § 29-1136.

1973 Ed., § 29-836.

This section is referenced in § 29-906 and § 29-931.

The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-210 substituted “part B of subchapter XII of Chapter 4 of this title” for “part B of subchapter XII of Chapter 3 of this title” in the introductory paragraph.

Application of Law 19-210: Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-210 provided that the act shall apply as of January 1, 2012.