(1) A cooperative may, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration determined by the board:
Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any of its property in the usual andregular course of business; except that a sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of its property shall never be considered to be in the usual and regular course of business;
Transfer to itself any or all of the property of a domestic or foreign entity when allthe voting rights of the transferor are owned, directly or indirectly, by the transferee cooperative.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, approval by the members of a transaction described in subsection (1) of this section is not required.
Source: L. 96: Entire article R&RE, p. 520, § 1, effective July 1.