CHAPTER 523

H.P. 1283 - L.D. 1761

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Nonprofit Corporations

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 13 MRSA §903, as corrected by RR 1993, c. 1, §39, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§903.__Certificate of organization

The incorporators shall prepare, sign, date and deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of organization setting forth the name, location, officers and directors, trustees or managing board and purposes of the corporation. The certificate must clearly state that the corporation is not organized for profit and that no property or profit of the corporation inures to the benefit of any person, partnership or corporation except in furtherance of the benevolent or nonprofit purposes of the corporation. Once the Secretary of State has filed the certificate of organization, the corporation may carry on activities pursuant to this chapter.

Sec. 2. 13 MRSA §§907 and 908 are enacted to read:

§907.__Filing duty of the Secretary of State

If a certificate delivered for filing with the Secretary of State satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary of State shall file the certificate.__The date of filing is the date of receipt by the Secretary of State.__After filing any