{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-54-126","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 54-126","heading":"Apportionment of earnings.","body":"The net earnings or losses shall be apportioned among the members in accordance with the ratio which each member's patronage during the period involved bears to total patronage by all members during the period. \"Patronage\" means amount of purchases, sales, business, labor, wages or other similar criteria. (1915, c. 144, s. 13; C.S., s. 5257; 1925, c. 179, s. 5; 1985, c. 542, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 54. Cooperative Organizations.","SUBCHAPTER IV. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS.","Article 18. Powers and Duties."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_54/GS_54-126.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:32Z","sha256":"7da9cc565e6a96fd7952b385063064e826ea4307369dffdf4336a5700d4ee5cf","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-54-125","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-54-127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}