CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [13200. - 13208.]

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP 1.

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Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13200. Section 13200.

This part shall be known as “the Fish Marketing Act.”

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13201. Section 13201.

This part is enacted in order to promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of fish and fishery products through cooperation; to eliminate speculation and waste; to make the distribution of fish and fishery products between producer and consumer as direct as can be efficiently done; and to stabilize the marketing of fish and fishery products.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13202. Section 13202.

As used in this part: (a) “Fishery products” includes fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and marine products for human consumption. (b) “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with shares of stock. (c) “Association” means any corporation organized under this part.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13203. Section 13203.

Associations shall be deemed “nonprofit,” inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers of fishery products.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13204. Section 13204.

The provisions of the General Corporation Law and all powers and rights thereunder, apply to associations, except where such provisions are in conflict with or inconsistent with the express provisions of this part.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13205. Section 13205.

No association is subject in any manner to the terms of the Corporate Securities Law and all associations may issue their membership certificates or stock or other securities as provided in this division without the necessity of any permit from the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13206. Section 13206.

An association shall be deemed not to be a conspiracy nor a combination in restraint of trade nor an illegal monopoly; nor an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily or to create a combination or pool in violation of any law of the State; and the marketing contracts and agreements between the association and its members and any agreements authorized in this part shall be considered not to be illegal nor in restraint of trade nor contrary to the provisions of any statute enacted against pooling or combinations.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13207. Section 13207.

Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this part shall not be construed as applying to associations. Any exemptions under any laws applying to fishery products in the possession or under the control of the individual producer shall apply similarly and completely to such fishery products delivered by its members, in the possession or under the control of the association.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 13208. Section 13208.

Any two or more associations may be merged into one such constituent association or consolidated into a new association. Such merger or consolidation shall be made in the manner prescribed by the General Corporation Law for domestic corporations.

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