§ 56-231.18 Name of other corporations not to include term “electric cooperative” or “utility consumer services cooperative.”
The words “electric cooperative” or “utility consumer services cooperative” shall not be used in the corporate name of corporations other than (i) those subject to the provisions of this chapter, (ii) nonstock corporations of which cooperatives are members, and (iii) corporations, all of the stock of which is owned by cooperatives.
History
This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapters 944 and 999.
1999, c. 874; 2000, cc. 944, 999.