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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14631›DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES 12000-14631›PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS 12200-12704›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Organization and Bylaws 12200-12340›ARTICLE 2. General Provisions and Definitions 12210-12256

§ 12253

California Corporations Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) “Voting power” means the power to vote for the election of directors at the time any determination of voting power is made and does not include the right to vote upon the happening of some condition or event that has not yet occurred.

(b) If different classes of memberships are entitled to vote as separate classes for different members of the board, the determination of percentage of voting power shall be made on the basis of the percentage of the total number of authorized directors that the memberships in question (whether of one or more classes) have the power to elect in an election at which all memberships then entitled to vote for the election of any directors are voted.

(c) Community investor voting power in a worker cooperative shall be provided in the articles or bylaws, and is limited to approval rights only over a merger, sale of major assets, reorganization, or dissolution. Approval rights shall not include the right to propose any action.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 192, Sec. 9. (AB 816) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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