{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/13.1-352.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/13.1-352.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/13.1-352.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/13.1-352.html"}],"law_id":346620,"edition_id":2,"section_id":346620,"structure_id":49765,"section_number":"13.1-352","catch_line":"Voting rights","history":"2020, c. 673.","full_text":"A\n\nNo shares other than membership shares shall be given voting rights in a worker cooperative.\n\nB\n\nThe power to amend or repeal bylaws of a worker cooperative shall be in the members only, except to the extent that directors are authorized to amend or repeal the bylaws.\n\nC\n\nVoting on amendments to the articles of incorporation of a worker cooperative shall be limited to the members qualified to vote membership shares.\n\nD\n\nEach member with a membership share shall have one vote in any matter requiring voting by shareholders.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1292522,"text":"No shares other than membership shares shall be given voting rights in a worker cooperative.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1292523,"text":"The power to amend or repeal bylaws of a worker cooperative shall be in the members only, except to the extent that directors are authorized to amend or repeal the bylaws.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1292524,"text":"Voting on amendments to the articles of incorporation of a worker cooperative shall be limited to the members qualified to vote membership shares.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":1292525,"text":"Each member with a membership share shall have one vote in any matter requiring voting by shareholders.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":49765,"edition_id":2,"name":"Worker Cooperatives","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":3,"parent_id":49762,"metadata":{"child_laws":10,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:42","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:05","permalink":{"id":1376727,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49765,"identifier":"3","token":"13.1\/3\/3","url":"\/13.1\/3\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49762,"edition_id":2,"name":"Cooperative Associations","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":49726,"metadata":{"child_laws":60,"child_structures":3},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:34","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:05","permalink":{"id":1376521,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49762,"identifier":"3","token":"13.1\/3","url":"\/13.1\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49726,"edition_id":2,"name":"Corporations","identifier":"13.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":44,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":894,"child_structures":104},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:04","permalink":{"id":1374495,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49726,"identifier":"13.1","token":"13.1","url":"\/13.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":346614,"structure_id":49765,"section_number":"13.1-346","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/13.1-346\/","token":"13.1\/3\/3\/13.1-346","metadata":false},{"id":346615,"structure_id":49765,"section_number":"13.1-347","catch_line":"Formation of worker cooperative; 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United States","case_number":"3:00cv365","citation":"215 F. Supp. 2d 687","date":"2002-08-09","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2503699\/trigon-insurance-v-united-states\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. 215 F.Supp.2d 687 (2002) .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"District Court, E.D. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0673\">673<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1376753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346620,"identifier":"13.1-352","token":"13.1\/3\/3\/13.1-352","url":"\/13.1-352\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-352\/","token":"13.1\/3\/3\/13.1-352","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voting rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-352","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No shares other than membership shares shall be given voting rights in a <span class=\"dictionary\">worker cooperative<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1292522\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-352\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The power to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> or repeal bylaws of a <span class=\"dictionary\">worker cooperative<\/span> shall be in the <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> only, except to the extent that directors are authorized to <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> or repeal the bylaws. <a id=\"paragraph-1292523\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-352\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Voting on amendments to the articles of incorporation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">worker cooperative<\/span> shall be limited to the <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> qualified to vote membership shares. <a id=\"paragraph-1292524\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-352\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Each <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> with a membership share shall have one vote in any matter requiring voting by shareholders. <a id=\"paragraph-1292525\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-352\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOTING RIGHTS (\u00a7 13.1-352)\n\nA. No shares other than membership shares shall be given voting rights in a\nworker cooperative.\n\nB. The power to amend or repeal bylaws of a worker cooperative shall be in the\nmembers only, except to the extent that directors are authorized to amend or\nrepeal the bylaws.\n\nC. Voting on amendments to the articles of incorporation of a worker cooperative\nshall be limited to the members qualified to vote membership shares.\n\nD. Each member with a membership share shall have one vote in any matter\nrequiring voting by shareholders.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 673.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}