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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repealed and the following enacted in its place: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


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