The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1086)
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§ 1086. Members’ membership shares; fees; rights and responsibilities
(a) The articles of incorporation or the bylaws shall establish qualifications and the
method of acceptance of members. No person may be accepted as a member unless employed
by the worker cooperative on a regular full-time or a part-time basis. The membership
of a worker cooperative shall constitute at least 50 and one-tenth percent of the
regular, full and part- time work force.
(b) A worker cooperative shall issue a class of voting stock designated as “membership
shares.” Each member shall own only one such membership share, and only members may
own such shares.
(c) Membership shares shall be issued for a fee determined from time to time by the directors.
A worker cooperative may allow for payment of such fee by payroll deduction, installments,
or similar methods. A membership share may be issued to a person upon acceptance
for membership regardless of whether the membership fee is fully paid.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) Members of a worker cooperative shall have all the rights and responsibilities of
stockholders as a corporation organized under Title 11A, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 46, § 1; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. July 1, 2024.)