§18-441-1101. Member’s dissociation.
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MEMBER’S DISSOCIATION.
(a)A person has the power to dissociate as a member at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will.
(b)Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a member’s dissociation from a limited cooperative association is wrongful only if the dissociation:
(1)Breaches an express provision of the organic rules; or
(2)Occurs before the termination of the limited cooperative association and:
(A)the person is expelled as a member under paragraph
or
(4)of subsection
(d)of this section; or
(B)in the case of a person that is not an individual,
trust other than a business trust, or estate, the
person is expelled or otherwise dissociated as a
member because it dissolved or terminated in bad
faith.
(c)Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a person that wrongfully dissociates as a member is liable to the limited cooperative association for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability is in addition to any other debt, obligation, or liability of the person to the association.
(d)A member is dissociated from the limited cooperative association as a member when:
(1)The association receives notice in a record of the member’s express will to dissociate as a member, or if the member specifies in the notice an effective date later than the date the association received notice, on that later date;
(2)An event stated in the organic rules as causing the member’s dissociation as a member occurs;
(3)The member is expelled as a member under the organic rules;
(4)The member is expelled as a member by the board of directors because:
(A)it is unlawful to carry on the association’s
activities with the member as a member;
(B)there has been a transfer of all the member’s
financial rights in the association, other than:
(i)a creation or perfection of a security interest;
or
(ii)a charging order in effect under Section 61 of
this act which has not been foreclosed;
(C)the member is a limited liability company,
association, or partnership, which has been dissolved,
and its business is being wound up; or
(D)the member is a corporation or cooperative and:
(i)the member filed a certificate of dissolution or
the equivalent, or the jurisdiction of formation
revoked the association’s charter or right to
conduct business;
(ii)the association sends a notice to the member that
it will be expelled as a member for a reason
described in division
(i)of this subparagraph;
and
(iii)not later than ninety
(90)days after the notice
was sent under division
(ii)of this
subparagraph, the member did not revoke its
certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, or
the jurisdiction of formation did not reinstate
the association’s charter or right to conduct
business; or
(E)the member is an individual and is adjudged
incompetent;
(5)In the case of a member who is an individual, the individual dies;
(6)In the case of a member that is a trust or is acting as a member by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, all the trust’s financial rights in the association are distributed;
(7)In the case of a member that is an estate, the estate’s entire financial interest in the association is distributed;
(8)In the case of a member that is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company, cooperative, corporation, trust, or estate, the member is terminated; or
(9)The association participates in a merger if under the plan of merger as approved under Article 16 of the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009 the member ceases to be a member. Added by Laws 2009, c. 68, § 99, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.