§ 13b. — Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC13b]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 13b. Cooperative association; return of net earnings or
surplus
Nothing in this Act shall prevent a cooperative association from
returning to its members, producers, or consumers the whole, or any part
of, the net earnings or surplus resulting from its trading operations,
in proportion to their purchases or sales from, to, or through the
association.
(June 19, 1936, ch. 592, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1528.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1936, ch. 592, 49
Stat. 1526, popularly known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination
Act and also as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which
enacted sections 13a, 13b, and 21a of this title and amended section 13
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 13 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 10 section 7430; title 28
section 1407; title 42 sections 6202, 8235f; title 49 section 10706.
