Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 450. Corporations § 450.3103

Sec. 1103. (1) “Consumer” means a natural person who acquires, or commits to acquire in the future from the cooperative primarily for consumption, use, or occupancy by the person or the person's family, any of the goods, services, or facilities furnished by the cooperative.

(2) “Consumer cooperative” means a cooperative the majority of the votes of which are held by consumers, or, in the case of a cooperative which provides residential dwelling units, the majority of the votes of which are held by consumers and the majority of members of which do not have the right of possession or occupancy of dwelling units they do not occupy.

(3) “Cooperative” means a corporation organized on a cooperative basis or similar basis that is provided in law as a criterion for being a cooperative.

(4) “Cooperative basis” means:

(5) “Electronic transmission” or “electronically transmitted” means any form of communication that meets all of the following:

(6) “Foreign cooperative” means a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state operating on a cooperative basis or a similar basis that is provided in those other laws as a criterion for being a cooperative.