TITLE 5 - SPECIAL TYPES OF CORPORATIONS
- Subtitle 1 - Professional Service Corporations
- Section 5-101 - Definitions.
- Section 5-102 - Single or multiple professions; corporate form.
- Section 5-103 - Powers.
- Section 5-104 - Limitation on activities; investments.
- Section 5-105 - Professional service to be performed through licensed individuals.
- Section 5-106 - Corporate name - General requirements.
- Section 5-107 - Inclusion of stockholder's surname; exception.
- Section 5-108 - Certificate of authorization for use of corporate name.
- Section 5-109 - Issuance of stock.
- Section 5-110 - Statement on stock certificate.
- Section 5-111 - Transfer of stock.
- Section 5-112 - Electing to be professional corporation.
- Section 5-113 - Acquisition of stock upon death or disqualification of stockholder; general requirements.
- Section 5-114 - Acquisition of stock upon death or disqualification of stockholder; proceedings.
- Section 5-115 - Proceeding to determine fair value.
- Section 5-116 - Assessment of costs and fees in appraisal proceeding.
- Section 5-117 - Directors and officers.
- Section 5-118 - Proxy; voting trusts.
- Section 5-119 - Relationship with client or patient.
- Section 5-120 - Privileged communications.
- Section 5-121 - Liability for negligent or wrongful act.
- Section 5-122 - Merger.
- Section 5-123 - Cessation in rendering professional services.
- Section 5-124 - Proceeding to dissolve professional corporation.
- Section 5-125 - Foreign professional corporation.
- Section 5-126 - Foreign professional corporation - Required information.
- Section 5-127 - Foreign professional corporation - Revocation of certificate.
- Section 5-128 - Adoption of regulations.
- Section 5-129 - Jurisdiction not restricted; effect on standards of professional conduct.
- Section 5-130 - Repeal of statute by enactment.
- Section 5-131 - Severability.
- Section 5-132 - Suspension or revocation of articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-133 - Short title.
- Section 5-134 - Applicability.
- Subtitle 2 - Nonstock Corporations
- Section 5-201 - Application of Maryland General Corporation Law.
- Section 5-202 - Provisions in charter or bylaws.
- Section 5-203 - Calling of organization meeting.
- Section 5-204 - Directors as members.
- Section 5-205 - When membership reduced by death or resignation.
- Section 5-206 - Insufficient number of members present at meeting.
- Section 5-207 - Consolidation, merger, and transfer of assets.
- Section 5-208 - Dissolution or forfeiture of charter.
- Section 5-209 - Disposition of property of charitable or religious corporations by court.
- Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations
- Section 5-301 - Definitions.
- Section 5-301.1 - Scope of part.
- Section 5-302 - Formation and plan of religious corporation.
- Section 5-303 - Acknowledgment and entry of plan in record book.
- Section 5-304 - Articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-305 - Conveyance of assets on formation of religious corporation.
- Section 5-306 - Trustees - Powers.
- Section 5-307 - Trustees - Duties; succession; minister.
- Section 5-308 - Amendment of plan or charter.
- Section 5-309 - Articles of amendment.
- Section 5-310 - Arbitration of contested election.
- Section 5-311 - Members may organize another church.
- Section 5-312 - Validation of religious corporations and unfiled, lost, or destroyed plans or articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-313 - Amendment of charter by special acts prohibited.
- Section 5-314 - Scope of part.
- Section 5-315 - Formation of religious corporation.
- Section 5-316 - Articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-317 - Conveyance of assets on formation of religious corporation.
- Section 5-318 - Powers of corporation.
- Section 5-319 - Succession of corporators.
- Section 5-320 - Amendment of charter; articles of amendment.
- Section 5-321 - Scope of part.
- Section 5-322 - Incorporation.
- Section 5-323 - Members.
- Section 5-324 - Trustees.
- Section 5-325 - Bylaws.
- Section 5-326 - Holding of property.
- Section 5-327 - Absence of trust clause in deeds.
- Section 5-328 - Assets of certain churches in Garrett County.
- Section 5-329 - Scope of part.
- Section 5-330 - Incorporation.
- Section 5-331 - Charters.
- Section 5-332 - Trustees.
- Section 5-333 - Scope of part; applicability of Part I.
- Section 5-334 - Regulation of affairs.
- Section 5-335 - Parish boundaries.
- Section 5-336 - Corporate existence and rights not impaired.
- Section 5-337 - Scope of part; applicability of Part I.
- Section 5-338 - Regulation of affairs.
- Subtitle 4 - Private Foundations
- Subtitle 5 - Agricultural Cooperatives
- Section 5-501 - Definitions.
- Section 5-502 - Purposes of incorporation.
- Section 5-503 - Who may incorporate; capital stock.
- Section 5-504 - Powers in general.
- Section 5-505 - Articles of incorporation - Execution; contents.
- Section 5-506 - Articles of incorporation - Amendment.
- Section 5-507 - Corporation may be converted into cooperative.
- Section 5-508 - Stock.
- Section 5-509 - Payment by subscriber before certificate of stock or membership issued.
- Section 5-510 - Use of term "cooperative" in corporate name.
- Section 5-511 - Bylaws.
- Section 5-512 - Management of cooperative; number and qualifications of directors.
- Section 5-513 - Original directors; election and term of successors.
- Section 5-514 - Election of directors by districts.
- Section 5-515 - Vacancies on board of directors.
- Section 5-516 - Compensation and contracts of officers and directors.
- Section 5-517 - Required and permitted officers.
- Section 5-518 - Removal of director and officer.
- Section 5-519 - Meetings.
- Section 5-520 - Quorum.
- Section 5-521 - Voting.
- Section 5-522 - Contracts with members.
- Section 5-523 - Membership in another cooperative.
- Section 5-524 - Transactions with other cooperatives.
- Section 5-525 - Patronage distributions.
- Section 5-526 - Operating on nonprofit basis.
- Section 5-527 - Consolidation, merger, share exchange, transfer of assets, or dissolution.
- Section 5-528 - Payment when another business is purchased.
- Section 5-529 - Audit of financial statement of cooperative handling raw agricultural products.
- Section 5-530 - Cooperative and marketing agreements not in restraint of trade.
- Section 5-531 - Application of Maryland General Corporation Law.
- Section 5-532 - Penalties.
- Subtitle 5A - Maryland Consumer Cooperative Act
- Subtitle 6 - Electric Cooperatives
- Section 5-601 - Definitions.
- Section 5-602 - Rules of construction.
- Section 5-603 - , 5-604. [Reserved].
- Section 5-605 - Purpose.
- Section 5-606 - Formation generally.
- Section 5-607 - Powers.
- Section 5-608 - Articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-609 - Amendment of articles of incorporation.
- Section 5-610 - Name.
- Section 5-611 - Bylaws.
- Section 5-612 - Districts.
- Section 5-613 - , 5-614. [Reserved].
- Section 5-615 - Members.
- Section 5-616 - Meetings of members.
- Section 5-617 - Meetings of members - Notice.
- Section 5-618 - Meetings of members - Quorum.
- Section 5-619 - Meetings of members - Voting.
- Section 5-620 - , 5-621. [Reserved].
- Section 5-622 - Board of directors.
- Section 5-623 - Board of directors - Election and tenure; staggering terms of office; filling vacancies.
- Section 5-624 - Officers.
- Section 5-625 - , 5-626. [Reserved].
- Section 5-627 - Consolidation.
- Section 5-628 - Merger.
- Section 5-629 - Effect of consolidation or merger.
- Section 5-630 - Conversion of corporation to cooperative.
- Section 5-631 - Dissolution - Cooperatives that have not begun doing business.
- Section 5-632 - Dissolution - Cooperatives that have begun doing business.
- Section 5-633 - , 5-634. [Reserved].
- Section 5-635 - Change of principal office, resident agent, or address of resident agent.
- Section 5-636 - Filing of articles and other corporate documents.
- Section 5-637 - Fees; exemption from excise and income taxes.
- Section 5-638 - Revenues of cooperative.
- Section 5-639 - Disqualification from taking acknowledgments prohibited.
- Section 5-640 - Disposition of property.
- Section 5-641 - Liens on real and personal property.
- Section 5-642 - Short title.
- Subtitle 6A - Transportation Cooperatives
- Subtitle 6B - Maryland Cooperative Housing Corporation Act
- Subtitle 6C - Benefit Corporations
- Subtitle 7 - Miscellaneous