All persons who may lawfully receive service from an electric membership corporation and who are receiving or have agreed to receive such service shall be members therein, subject to complying with such additional conditions and requirements for membership as are set forth in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the electric membership corporation. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may also provide criteria for, procedures for, and limitations upon the transfer, classification, and termination of memberships in an electric membership corporation.
(Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 10; Code 1933, § 34C-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Cooperative Associations, §§ 14, 21. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Energy and Power Sources, §§ 43, 45.
C.J.S.- 29 C.J.S., Electricity, § 10.
ALR.- Duty of mutual association, nonprofit organization or co-operative to furnish utilities services, 56 A.L.R.2d 413.