An Act to Amend An Act to Incorporate Amalgamated Dairies Limited
Chamber
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Stage
Introduced
This bill updates the rules for Amalgamated Dairies Limited in PEI, changing board size, membership eligibility, and gender-neutral language.
Key Changes
- Board of Directors size changed from a fixed 15 members to a flexible range of 11 to 15 members
- Minimum age for individual membership raised from 16 to 18 years old
- Membership eligibility expanded to include corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates
- New requirement for written Board of Directors approval before any membership transfer, direct or indirect
- Gendered pronouns ('him,' 'his,' 'he') replaced with gender-neutral language throughout multiple sections
Gotchas
- The transfer restriction applies not just to direct membership transfers but also to indirect changes, such as shifts in corporate shareholders or trust beneficiaries, which could affect business succession planning for dairy operations.
- Raising the membership age from 16 to 18 could affect young dairy producers who were previously eligible to join the cooperative.
- The board size flexibility (11–15 members) gives the organization more operational flexibility but does not specify how the exact number is determined.
Who's Affected
- Amalgamated Dairies Limited and its members
- Dairy producers in Prince Edward Island
- Corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates involved in dairy production
- Current and prospective shareholders of Amalgamated Dairies Limited
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Gotchas
- The transfer restriction applies not just to direct membership transfers but also to indirect changes, such as shifts in corporate shareholders or trust beneficiaries, which could affect business succession planning for dairy operations.
- Raising the membership age from 16 to 18 could affect young dairy producers who were previously eligible to join the cooperative.
- The board size flexibility (11–15 members) gives the organization more operational flexibility but does not specify how the exact number is determined.
Summary
This is a private bill from Prince Edward Island that makes several changes to the original 1953 law that created Amalgamated Dairies Limited, a dairy cooperative. It updates who can be a member, how the board of directors is structured, and modernizes the language used throughout the act. The bill changes the minimum age for individual members from 16 to 18 years old, and expands membership eligibility beyond just individual people to include corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates — as long as they are dairy producers and patrons of the cooperative. It also adds a new rule requiring written approval from the Board of Directors before any membership can be transferred, including indirect transfers through changes in corporate ownership or trust beneficiaries. Additionally, the bill adjusts the size of the Board of Directors so it can have between 11 and 15 members, rather than a fixed 15. Several sections of the original act are also updated to replace gendered pronouns like 'him' and 'his' with gender-neutral terms like 'the member' or 'the shareholder.'
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