CHAPTER 5. Stock [13310. - 13316.]

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP 5.

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Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13310. Section 13310.

No association shall issue a certificate for stock to a member until it has been fully paid for. The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note; but such retention as security shall not affect the member’s right to vote. An association, in its by-laws, may limit the amount of common stock which one member may own.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13311. Section 13311.

One class of stock shall always be known as common stock and voting power may be restricted to holders of common stock.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13312. Section 13312.

There shall be printed upon each common stock certificate a statement that the transfer thereof to any person not engaged in the production of the products handled by the association is prohibited by the by-laws of the association.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13313. Section 13313.

Except as to the matters and things stated in the articles of incorporation no distinction shall exist between classes of stock or the holders thereof.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13314. Section 13314.

If an association issues nonpar value stock the issuance of such stock shall be governed by the terms of the General Corporation Law covering the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13315. Section 13315.

An association may, at any time, as specified in the by-laws, except when the debts of the association exceed 50 percent of its assets, buy in or purchase its common stock at the book value thereof, as conclusively determined by the board of directors and pay for it in cash within one year thereafter.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13316. Section 13316.

Whenever an association, organized with preferred shares of stock, purchases the stock or any property, or any interest in any property of any person, it may discharge the obligations so incurred, wholly or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest, shares of its preferred stock to an amount which at par value would equal the fair market value of the stock or interest so purchased, as determined by the board of directors. In that case the transfer to the association of the stock or interest purchased shall be equivalent to payment in cash for the shares of stock issued.

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