Cooperative Statutes View the National Cooperative Resource Ecosystem map at uwcc.wisc.edu/research/national-cooperative-resource-ecosystem. The interactive map includes: Co-op Developers, Associations, Co-op Friendly Capital, and Statutes. Alabama California Agricultural: Agricultural Associations, Ala. Code §§ 2-10-1 to 2-10-108 General: Cooperative Corporations, Cal. Corp. Code §§ 12200 to 12704 Credit Union: Credit Unions, Ala. Code §§ 5-17-1 to 5-17-32 Agricultural: Nonprofit Cooperative Associations, Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 54001 to 54294 Mutual Insurance: Domestic Mutual Insurer, Ala. Code §§ 27-27-1 to 27-27-61 Cooperative Bargaining Associations, Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 54401 to 54463 Seafood: Cooperatives and Associations, Ala. Code §§ 2-10-1 to 2-10-108 (1975) Credit Union: California Credit Union Law, Cal. Fin. Code §§ 14000 to 16906 Utility: Electric Cooperatives and Rural Telephone Service, Ala. Code §§ 37-6-1 to 37-6-49 Housing: Housing Cooperatives and Housing Cooperative Trusts, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 817 to 817.4 Worker: Employee Cooperative Corporations, Ala. Code §§ 10a-11-1.01 to 10a-11-1.01 Mutual Insurance: Mutual Insurance, Cal. Ins. Code §§ 4010 to 4097.20 Seafood: Fish Marketing Act, Cal. Corp. Code §§ 13200 to 13356 Alaska Utility: Electrical Cooperatives, Cal. Pub. Util. Code §§ 2776 to 2778 General: General Alaska Cooperative Corporation Act, Alaska Stat. §§ 10.15.005 to 10.15.600 Gas Producers’ Cooperative Associations, Cal. Pub. Util. Code §§ 3001 to 3224 Credit Union: Alaska Credit Union Act, Alaska Stat. §§ 06.45.020 to 06.45.400 Worker: Worker Cooperative provisions, Cal. Corp. Code §§12200 to 12656.5 Utility: Electric and Telephone Cooperative Act, Alaska Stat. §§ 10.25.010 to 10.25.850 (2019) Other: Cemetery Associations and Nonprofit Cemetery Corporations, Alaska Stat. §§ 10.30.010 Colorado to 10.30.155 General: Cooperatives-General, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 7-55-101 to 7-55-121 Agricultural: Colorado Cooperative Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 7-56-209 to 7-56-901 Arizona Credit Union: Credit Unions, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 11-30-101 to 11-30-126 General: Cooperative Marketing Associations, Ariz. Rev. Stat.§§10-2001 to 10-2026 (2019) Health Care: Health Care Coverage Cooperatives, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 10-16-1004 to 10-16-1016 Credit Union: Credit Unions, Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 6-501 to 6-595 Housing: Cooperative Housing Corporations-Housing for Members, Colo. Rev. Stat. Mutual Insurance: Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurers, Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 20-701 to 20-736 §§ 38-33.5-101 to 38-33.5-106 Utility: Electric Cooperative Nonprofit Membership Corporations, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Mutual Insurance: Mutual Insurance Companies and Mutual Protective Associations, Colo. Rev. §§ 10-2051 to 10-2084 Stat. §§ 10-12-101 to 10-12-411 Nonprofit Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative Corporations, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Unincorporated Associations: Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 10-2121 to 10-2121 §§ 7-58-101 to 7-58-1704 Utility: Cooperative Electric Associations, Cooperative Electric Associations, Colo. Rev. Stat. Arkansas §§ 40-9.5-101 to 40-9.5-207 General: Cooperative Associations, Ark. Stat. §§ 4-30-101 to 4-30-118 Other: Renewable Energy Cooperative, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 7-56-210 Agricultural: Agricultural Cooperative Associations, Ark. Stat. §§ 2-2-101 to 2-2-430 Credit Union: Credit Union, Ark. Stat. §§ 23-35-101 to 23-35-805 Connecticut Educational: Education Services Cooperative Act, Ark. Stat. §§ 6-13-1001 to 6-13-1031 General: Cooperative Associations, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 33-183 to 33-193 Health Care: Community Health Care Access Program, Ark. Stat. §§ 20-77-1501 to 20-77-1501 Agricultural: Cooperative Marketing Corporations, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 33-194 to 33-217 Mutual Insurance: Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurers, Ark. Stat. §§ 23-69-101 to 23-69-410 Credit Union: Connecticut Credit Union Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 36a-435a to 36a-472a Utility: Telephone, Ark. Stat. §§ 23-17-201 to 23-17-242 Mutual Insurance: Employers’ Mutual Insurance, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-328 to 31-339 Rural Electric Distribution Cooperative, Ark. Stat. §§ 23-4-901 to 23-4-901 Common Interest Ownership Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-200 to 47-295 Electric Cooperative, Ark. Stat. §§ 23-18-301 to 23-18-331 Utility: Electric Cooperative Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 33-218 to 33-242 Other: Cooperative Banks, Ark. Stat. §§ 4-30-201 to 4-30-207 Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 7-233a to 7-233z Worker: Worker Cooperative Corporations, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 33-418f to 33-418o Other: Cemetery Associations, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-296 This tool is part of a broader University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives project called “Collective Action in Rural Communities: Mapping Opportunities for Cooperative Conversion and Start- up.” It is funded by the National Institute for Agriculture’s Agriculture Food Research Initiative. Learn more at uwcc.wisc.edu/research/collective-action- in-rural-communities. Statute information is from the USDA’s Cooperative Statute Project. This is an ongoing effort using cooperative professionals to compile a comprehensive review. Last update: February 2020. If you have any additions or questions regarding this project, contact Esther West at [email protected]. Cooperative Statutes page 2 Delaware Illinois Agricultural: Corporation Law for Cooperative Agricultural Associations, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 3, General: Co-operative Act, 805 ILCS §§ 310/1 to 310/27 §§ 8501 to 8562 Agricultural: Agricultural Co-operative Act, 805 ILCS §§ 315/1 to 315/33 Housing: Conversion of Manufactured Home Communities to Manufactured Home Credit Union: Credit Union 205 ILCS § 305/1.1 to 305/72 Condominium or Cooperative Communities, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 25, §§ 7101 to 7114 Mutual Insurance: Domestic Mutual Companies, 215 §§ ILCS 5/36 to 5/60 Mutual Insurance: Mutual Benefit Associations, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 18, §§ 5501 to 5524 Farm Mutual Insurance Company, 215 ILCS §§ 120/1 to 120/17 Mutual-to-Stock Conversion Act, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 18, §§ 4970 to 4991 Unincorporated Associations: Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act, 805 ILCS §§ 317/1 Mutualization of Stock Insurer, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 18, § 4928 to 317/70 Utility: Electric Utility Corporations Organized as Cooperatives, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 26, Utility: Electric Cooperative, 220 ILCS § 5/3-119, 220 ILCS § 30/3.4 §§ 223, 224, 363 909, 1018 Telephone Cooperative, 220 ILCS § 5/13-212 Worker: Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act, 805 ILCS §§ 317/1 to 317/70 Florida Other: Cemetery Association Act, 805 ILCS §§ 320/0.01 to 320/15 Agricultural: Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 618.01 to 618.28 Indiana Nonprofit Cooperative Associations, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 619.01 to 618.09 General: Use of Cooperative in Business Entity Name or Marketing Materials, Ind. Code §§ 23- Credit Union: Florida Credit Union Act, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 657.001 to 657.066 15-12-1 to 23-15-12-8 Housing: Cooperative Act, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 719.101 to 719.622 Agricultural: Agricultural Cooperatives, Ind. Code §§ 15-12-1-1 to 15-12-1-52 Mutual Insurance: Stock and Mutual Insurers, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 628.011 to 628.920 Credit Union: Credit Unions, Ind. Code §§ 28-7-1-0.1 to 28-7-1-39 Utility: Rural Electric Cooperatives, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 425.01 to 425.29 Conservatorship of Credit Unions, Ind. Code §§ 28-7-2.5-1 to 28-7-2.5-9 Housing: Housing Cooperative, Ind. Code § 32-31-3-2 Georgia Mutual Insurance: Farm Mutual Insurance Companies, Ind. Code §§ 27-5.1-2-0.1 to 27-5.1-4-8 General: Cooperative Marketing Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 2-10-80 to 2-10-111 Mutual Insurance Holding Company Law, Ind. Code §§ 27-14-1-1 to 27-14-7-15 Credit Union: Credit Unions, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-1-630 to 7-1-671 Demutualization of Mutual Insurance Companies, Ind. Code §§ 27-15-1-1 to 27-15-16-6 Mutual Insurance: Domestic Mutual Insurers, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 33-14-60 to 33-14-77 Utility: Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act, Ind. Code §§ 8-1-13-1 to 8-1-13-43 Utility: Georgia Electric Membership Corporation Act, Ga. Code Ann., § 46-3-170 to 46-3-541 Rural Telephone Cooperative Act, Ind. Code §§ 8-1-17-1 to 8-1-17-29 Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric Membership Corporations and Telephone Guam Cooperative Corporations, Ind. Code §§ 8-1-17.5-1 to 8-1-17.5-27 General: Nonprofit Cooperative Associations, 18 Guam Code Ann. tit. 18, §§ 13101 to 13133 Other: Employee-Owned Company Law, 18 Guam Code Ann. tit. 18, §§ 16000 to 16007 Iowa General: Cooperative Associations, Iowa Code §§ 497.1 to 497.35 Hawaii Nonprofit Cooperative Associations, Iowa Code. §§ 498.2 to 498.37 General: Consumer Cooperative Associations, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 421C-1 to 421c-42 Cooperative Associations, Iowa Code §§ 499.1 to 499.80 Agricultural: Agricultural Cooperative Associations, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 421-1 to 421-27 Collective Marketing, Iowa Code §§ 500.1 to 500.3 Credit Union: Credit Unions, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 412:10-100 to 412:10-808 Closed Cooperatives, Iowa Code §§ 501.101 to 501.831 Housing: Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 421H-1 to 421H-6 Agricultural: Cooperative Associations, Iowa Code §§ 497.1 to 497.35 Cooperative Housing Corporations, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 421I-1 to 421I-13 Nonprofit Cooperative Associations, Iowa Code §§ 498.2 to 498.37 Mutual Insurance: Domestic Mutual Insurers, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 431:4-301 to 431:4-326 Credit Union: Iowa Credit Union Act, Iowa Code §§ 533.101 to 533.510 Cooperative Indemnity, Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 435E-1 to 435E-3 Housing: Multiple Housing, Iowa Code §§ 499A.1 to 499A.106 518C.1 to 518C.19 Mutual Insurance: State Mutual Insurance Associations, Iowa Code §§ 518A.1 to 518A.57 Idaho County and State Mutual Insurance Guaranty Association, Iowa Code §§ 518C.1 to 518C.19 Agricultural: Cooperative Marketing Associations, Idaho Code Ann.