2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
Chapter 7-8 Consumers' Cooperatives
Section 7-8-17 Membership of organizations - Payment of capital as prerequisite to membership.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 7-8-17 (2018)

§ 7-8-17. Membership of organizations - Payment of capital as prerequisite to membership.

No corporation or organization or group of any kind shall be eligible to membership in an association unless it is organized on a cooperative or nonprofit basis, and no person, association, or organization or group of any kind shall be deemed a member of an association until the association has received payment in full for the par value of the minimum amount of share or membership capital stated in the articles as necessary to qualify for membership.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1947, ch. 1976, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 7-8-17; P.L. 2018, ch. 346, § 9.)

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