Legislation
SECTION 1420
Property held by agricultural cooperative corporations
Abandoned Property (ABP) CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 14
§ 1420. Property held by agricultural cooperative corporations. 1.
For the purposes of this section, "agricultural cooperative corporation"
shall include any corporation organized or qualified to do business in
this state pursuant to the cooperative corporations law, which is
operated primarily for the benefit of producers of agricultural
products, as such term is defined in subdivision (a) of section three of
the cooperative corporations law. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this chapter to the contrary, any share of stock, credit, dividend,
profit, patronage refund, distribution, interest, equity certificate,
equity retain, payment, or other money or property which:
(a) is in the possession of an agricultural cooperative corporation
organized or qualified to do business in this state pursuant to the
cooperative corporations law;
(b) evidences membership in or resulted from patronage with an
agricultural cooperative corporation or the predecessor of such
corporation; and
(c) is held for, allocated to the account of, allocated in the name of
or owing by the agricultural cooperative corporation to a member,
stockholder, patron or other person; shall not be deemed abandoned
property or otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter.
For the purposes of this section, "agricultural cooperative corporation"
shall include any corporation organized or qualified to do business in
this state pursuant to the cooperative corporations law, which is
operated primarily for the benefit of producers of agricultural
products, as such term is defined in subdivision (a) of section three of
the cooperative corporations law. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this chapter to the contrary, any share of stock, credit, dividend,
profit, patronage refund, distribution, interest, equity certificate,
equity retain, payment, or other money or property which:
(a) is in the possession of an agricultural cooperative corporation
organized or qualified to do business in this state pursuant to the
cooperative corporations law;
(b) evidences membership in or resulted from patronage with an
agricultural cooperative corporation or the predecessor of such
corporation; and
(c) is held for, allocated to the account of, allocated in the name of
or owing by the agricultural cooperative corporation to a member,
stockholder, patron or other person; shall not be deemed abandoned
property or otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter.