R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-6.2-3: Corporations organized under general corporation law; election to be governed as workers’ cooperative.

Any corporation organized under chapter 1.2 of title 7 may elect to be governed as a workers’ cooperative under the provisions of this chapter, by so stating in its certificate of incorporation filed in accordance with §§ 7-1.2-201 and 7-1.2-202 of the Rhode Island business corporation act, or amendments to its certificate of incorporation filed in accordance with §§ 7-1.2-901 — 7-1.2-907.