Law No. 6.904 providing for the State Policy of Cooperatives within the State of Alagoas. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Alagoas Document type Legislation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Financial agricultural measures Cooperative/producer organization Subsidy/incentive Fiscal and market measures Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Agricultural development Capacity building Basic legislation Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting 15 articles divided into five Chapters, provides for the State Policy of Cooperatives within the State of Alagoas. This State Policy consists of a set of guidelines and rules aimed at encouraging cooperative activity and its development in the State. The State Executive Branch shall stimulate the activities of the Cooperatives, encouraging a support system for the growth of cooperative activity. The objectives of the State Policy are: to create instruments and mechanisms that stimulate the growth of cooperative activities; to provide educational and technical assistance to cooperatives based in the State of Alagoas, in partnership with OCB/AL - Union and Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives of the State of Alagoas; to establish incentives for the constitution, maintenance, promotion and development of the cooperative system of the State; to support technically and operationally cooperatives in the State promoting partnerships for the development of the State Cooperative System; to stimulate the cooperative form of social, economic and cultural organization in the various branches of action, based on the general principles of society; to encourage the inclusion of cooperative study in schools; to create mechanisms for the implementation of new cooperative societies; to spread government policies in favour of state cooperative societies; to organize the general register of the Cooperative Societies. Full text Portuguese Website www.al.ac.leg.br