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4-28-204. Effect on preexisting corporations.
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4-28-204. Effect on preexisting corporations.
(a) The provisions of §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224 shall in no way affect any nonprofit corporation chartered under and in accordance with the laws of this state existing prior to March 7, 1963.
(b) Any such nonprofit corporation organized prior to March 7, 1963, and which has not filed a copy of the order or action whereby it was granted corporate status under the then existing law may file a certified copy of the order or action from the clerk of the court wherein the authority was granted, together with a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00), with the Secretary of State, and the filing shall evidence the incorporation and shall entitle the organization to recognition of its legal status, the same as one formed under the provisions of §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-204
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4-28-204. Effect on preexisting corporations.
(a) The provisions of §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224 shall in no way affect any nonprofit corporation chartered under and in accordance with the laws of this state existing prior to March 7, 1963.
(b) Any such nonprofit corporation organized prior to March 7, 1963, and which has not filed a copy of the order or action whereby it was granted corporate status under the then existing law may file a certified copy of the order or action from the clerk of the court wherein the authority was granted, together with a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00), with the Secretary of State, and the filing shall evidence the incorporation and shall entitle the organization to recognition of its legal status, the same as one formed under the provisions of §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224.
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4-28-201. Title.
Sections 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224 shall be known as the “Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-201
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4-28-206. Articles of incorporation generally.
(a) Any association of persons or for-profit corporation organized under the Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987, § 4-27-101 et seq., desirous of becoming incorporated under the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224, shall file with the circuit court of the county in which the main office or principal place of business of the proposed corporation is located or proposed to be located signed and verified articles of incorporation, which shall set forth the following:
(1) The name of the corporation;
(2) The period of duration, which may be perpetual;
(3) The purposes for which the corporation is organized;
(4) Any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators elect to set forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation, including any provision for distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation;
(5) The address of its main office or principal place of business, and the name of its registered agent at that address;
(6) The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors;
(7) The name and address of each incorporator;
(8) A statement that the corporation:
(A) Is a nonprofit corporation; and
(B) Has converted under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224; and
(9)(A) A description of the treatment of shares of stock.
(B) The description of the treatment of shares of stock:
(i) May provide for the exchange of shares of stock for certificates of membership if the corporation has members; or
(ii) Shall provide
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-206
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4-28-209. Powers.
Each corporation shall have power:
(1) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless a limited period of duration is stated in its articles of incorporation;
(2) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;
(3) To purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal in and with real or personal property or any interest therein, wherever situated;
(4) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets;
(5) To make contracts and incur liabilities, borrow money, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations, act as a trustee, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or any of its property, franchises, and income;
(6) To manage its internal affairs in any desired manner so long as the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224, or other law are not violated; and
(7) To do any and all things necessary, convenient, useful, or incidental to the attainment of its purposes as fully and to the same extent as natural persons lawfully might or could do so long as consistent with the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-209
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4-28-224. Corporation's acceptance of votes.
(a) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a member, the corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the member.
(b) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of a member, the corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the member if:
(1) The member is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;
(2) The name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator representing the member and, if the corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment;
(3) The name signed purports to be that of an attorney-in-fact of the member and, if the corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory's authority to sign for the member has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment; or
(4) Two (2) or more persons are the member as cotenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one (1) of the co-owners and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-owners.
(c) The corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-224
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 4-28-224. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.