2014 Iowa Code
TITLE XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES
SUBTITLE 3 - ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT
SECTION 501A.501 - Organizational purpose.
501A.501 Organizational purpose.
A cooperative may be formed and organized for any lawful purpose for the benefit of its members, including but not limited to any of the following purposes:
1. To store or market agricultural commodities, including crops and livestock.
2. To market, process, or otherwise change the form or marketability of agricultural commodities. The cooperative may provide for the manufacturing or processing of those commodities into products.
3. To accomplish other purposes that are necessary or convenient to facilitate the production or marketing of agricultural commodities or agricultural products by patron members, other patrons, and other persons, and for other purposes that are related to the business of the cooperative.
4. To provide products, supplies, and services to its patron members, other patrons, and others.
5. For any other purpose that a cooperative is authorized by law under chapter 499 or 501.
2005 Acts, ch 135, §25
Referred to in §501A.601
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