Vermont § 303 - Organization of mutual benefit enterprise

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 303 — Organization of mutual benefit enterprise, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 303. Organization of mutual benefit enterprise

  • (a) After a mutual benefit enterprise is formed: (1) if initial directors are named in the articles of organization, the initial directors
    shall hold an organizational meeting to adopt initial bylaws and carry on any other
    business necessary or proper to complete the organization of the enterprise; or (2) if initial directors are not named in the articles of organization, the organizers
    shall designate the initial directors and call a meeting of the initial directors
    to adopt initial bylaws and carry on any other business necessary or proper to complete
    the organization of the enterprise. (b) Unless the articles of organization otherwise provide, the initial directors may cause
    the mutual benefit enterprise to accept members, including those necessary for the
    enterprise to begin business. (c) Initial directors need not be members. (d) An initial director serves until a successor is elected and qualified at a members’
    meeting or the director is removed, resigns, is adjudged incompetent, or dies. (Added 2011, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 2012.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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