{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-12238","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 12238","heading":"","body":"(a) “Member” means any person who, pursuant to a specific provision of a corporation’s articles or bylaws, has the right to vote for the election of a director or directors, or possesses proprietary interests in the corporation.\n(b) The articles or bylaws may confer some or all of the rights of a member, set forth in this part, upon any person or persons who do not have any of the voting rights referred to in subdivision (a).\n(c) Where a member of a corporation is not a natural person, such member may authorize in writing one or more natural persons to vote on its behalf on any or all matters which may require a vote of the members.\n(d) A person is not a member by virtue of any of the following:\n(1) Any rights such person has as a delegate.\n(2) Any rights such person has to designate or select a director or directors.\n(3) Any rights such person has as a director.\n(e) “Worker-member” means a member of a worker cooperative who is a natural person and also a patron of a worker cooperative.\n(f) “Community investor” means a person who is not a worker-member and who holds a share or other proprietary interest in a worker cooperative.\n(g) “Worker” means a natural person contributing labor or services to a worker cooperative. “Candidate” means a worker who is being considered for membership in a worker cooperative, as defined in the corporation’s articles or bylaws.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES [12000. - 14707.]","PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS [12200. - 12704.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Organization and Bylaws [12200. - 12340.]","ARTICLE 2. General Provisions and Definitions [12210. - 12256.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"aa5435f8dc1371a42a09596042c12ef0360179060262db40174f9b907b89e4aa","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-12237","next":"us-ca/corp-12239"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}