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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71172</law_id><section_number>13.1-350</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of election to be governed as worker cooperative; limitation on mergers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Cooperative Associations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Worker Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> may revoke its election to be governed as a <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> under this article by a vote of two-thirds of the <span class="dictionary">members</span> and through filing appropriate articles of amendment in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Articles of amendment" href="/13.1-710/">13.1-710</a>. <a id="paragraph-256559" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-350/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> When any <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> revokes its election in accordance with subsection A, the articles of amendment shall provide for conversion of membership shares and internal capital accounts or their conversion to securities or other property in a manner consistent with Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-601/">13.1-601</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-256560" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-350/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> may not merge with another corporation other than a <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span>. Two or more <span class="dictionary">worker cooperatives</span> may merge in accordance with Article 12 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-715.1/">13.1-715.1</a> et seq.) of Chapter 9. <a id="paragraph-256561" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-350/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 673.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
