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O.C.G.A. § 46-3-140 · Cancellation of evidences of indebtedness and interest coupons.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-141 · Records of evidences of indebtedness issued.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-142 · Paying agents for bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-143 · Bond anticipation notes.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-144 · Negotiability of bonds, notes, and other evidences of debt.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-145 · Liability of members of authority on bonds and notes; obligations of state and political subdivisions in regard to issued bonds or notes; requirement as to recital on face of bonds and notes.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-146 · Preservation of interests and rights of owners of bonds and notes.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-147 · Appointment of receiver for authority for default on bonds; duties of receiver; termination of receivership; jurisdiction of court over receiver.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-148 · Fixing, revising, and collecting fees, tolls, and charges for use of projects; application of revenues; time of payment; indemnity by political subdivisions; enforcement; assignment of payments; issuing resolutions governing disposition of revenues.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-149 · Status of authority’s funds received from revenue bonds, fees, tolls, charges, gifts, grants, or other contributions as trust funds; lien of bond owners on funds.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-150 · Audits of authority and of funds established in connection with its debt.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-151 · Venue of actions.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-152 · Jurisdiction of commission over rates, services, and practices of authority.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-153 · Applicability of other laws to meetings and records of authority.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-154 · Supplemental nature of powers conferred by article.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-155 · Construction of article.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-170 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-171 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-172 · Applicability of article.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-173 · Effect of affixing corporate seal; signing of documents; affixing of seal as optional; signing of deeds after dissolution of an electric membership corporation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-174 · Filing of documents with Secretary of State; filing of articles of correction.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-175 · Certification of documents by Secretary of State.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-176 · Obligations issued to secure payment of federal loans as constituting securities; exemption of obligations and membership certificates from Georgia securities laws.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-177 · Jurisdiction of commission.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-178 · Intent of article as regards authority of electric membership corporations to own or operate cable television systems.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-179 · Validity of transactions entered into before July 1, 1981; preservation of rights, duties, and interests arising from such transactions.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-180 · Effect of article on cause of action, liability, penalty, or special proceeding accrued, existing, incurred, or pending as of July 1, 1981.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-181 · Reservation of power by General Assembly.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-182 · Construction of article as against Part 1 of Article 1 of this chapter, the “Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act.”
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200 · Purposes of electric membership corporations.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200.1 · Authorized acts of electric membership corporation or broadband affiliate.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200.2 · Cross-subsidization; jurisdiction over compliance with the cross-subsidization prohibitions; expedited adjudication.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200.3 · Rights, powers, and benefits to broadband affiliates of electric membership corporations.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200.4 · Rates, terms, and conditions for pole attachments between communications service providers and electric membership corporations and their broadband affiliates.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-201 · Existence of electric membership corporations under articles of incorporation; duration of corporations; powers of corporations generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-202 · Defense of ultra vires.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-203 · Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-204 · Limitations as to actions growing out of acquisition of rights of way, easements, or occupation of lands of others; damages recoverable.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-205 · Use of easements.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-220 · Requirements as to corporate name generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-221 · Reservation of names.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-240 · Registered office and registered agent.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-241 · Change of registered office or registered agent.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-242 · Service of process on electric membership corporations.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-243 · Venue in proceedings against electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-260 · Qualifications of members; provision by articles of incorporation or bylaws for transfer, classification, and termination of memberships.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-261 · Liability of members.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-262 · Meetings of members generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-263 · Notice of members’ meetings.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-264 · Closing of record books and fixing of record date.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-265 · Quorum of members; adjournment of meeting by majority of members represented at meeting.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-266 · Voting by members generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-267 · Effect of voting requirements provided for in articles of incorporation or bylaws.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-268 · Voting by proxy generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-269 · Dissenters’ rights.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-270 · Credentials and elections committee.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-271 · Maintenance of books and records of account; inspection of books and records by members; preparation of annual financial statements.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-272 · Derivative actions by members.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-290 · Management of business and affairs of electric membership corporation by board of directors; knowledge of limitations on directors’ authority required; qualifications; compensation and reimbursement for expenses.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-291 · Number of directors; statement of names and addresses of initial directors in articles of incorporation; duration of director’s service in office.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-292 · Provisional director.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-293 · Classification of directors; division of service territory into districts.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-294 · Vacancies on board of directors generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-295 · Removal of directors.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-296 · Quorum of directors; action by majority vote; conducting of meetings of board or committees by conference calls.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-297 · Executive committee and other committees.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-298 · Place, time, and notice of directors’ meetings; waiver of notice; adjournment of meetings; notice of adjournment; manner of calling meetings.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-299 · Action by directors without a meeting.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-300 · Dissent by a director.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-301 · Election or appointment of officers generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-302 · Removal of officers; filling of vacancies.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-303 · Duty of directors and officers to act in good faith; reliance on financial information prepared by others; presumption of good faith.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-303.1 · Standard of care for officers in discharge of duties; reasonable reliances.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-304 · Actions against directors and officers.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-305 · Interested directors and officers.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-306 · Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents; purchase and maintenance of liability insurance; notice to members of payment of indemnification.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-320 · Number of incorporators; age requirement.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-321 · Signing of articles of incorporation; contents of articles of incorporation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-322 · Filing articles of incorporation; issuance of certificate of incorporation; forwarding of copy of certificate to clerk of superior court; rejection of articles of incorporation; publication of notice; commencement of corporate existence.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-323 · Effect of issuance of certificate of incorporation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-324 · Organization meeting of directors.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-325 · Adoption of initial bylaws; authority to alter, amend, repeal, or adopt new bylaws; contents of bylaws generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-326 · Adoption of bylaws for emergency conditions; emergency powers of board of directors generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-340 · Nonprofit operation of electric membership corporations required; rates and fees to cover costs of operation and interest payments and for maintaining reserves; bylaw provisions concerning revenues, assets, and member classification.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-341 · Return of revenues upon death of member.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-360 · Right of electric membership corporation to amend articles of incorporation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-361 · Procedure to amend articles of incorporation generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-362 · Manner of execution of articles of amendment; contents of articles of amendment.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-363 · Obtaining of certificate from Secretary of State upon amendment of name of electric membership corporation; filing articles of amendment; issuance of certificate of amendment; forwarding of copy of certificate to superior court; rejection of articles of amendment; publication of notice.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-364 · Time of effectiveness of amendment; effect of amendment on pending causes of action.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-365 · Restated articles of incorporation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-380 · Procedure for merger generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-381 · Procedure for consolidation generally.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-382 · Approval of merger or consolidation plan by members.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-383 · Contents of articles of merger or articles of consolidation; obtaining of certificate from Secretary of State upon use of new name; procedures involving filing, issuance, rejection, and publication of articles of merger or articles of consolidation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-384 · Effect of merger or consolidation.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-385 · Merger or consolidation of electric membership corporations and foreign electric cooperatives.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-400 · Secured transactions and other dispositions of assets not requiring member approval.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-401 · Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of corporate assets requiring member approval.
O.C.G.A. § 46-3-420 · Commencement of proceedings for voluntary dissolution of an electric membership corporation generally.