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4-28-616. Approval by members.
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4-28-616. Approval by members.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, an unincorporated nonprofit association must have the approval of its members to:
(1) admit, suspend, dismiss, or expel a member;
(2) select or dismiss a manager;
(3) adopt, amend, or repeal the governing principles;
(4) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the association's property, with or without the association's goodwill, outside the ordinary course of its activities;
(5) dissolve under § 4-28-628(a)(2) or merge under § 4-28-630;
(6) undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the association's activities; or
(7) determine the policy and purposes of the association.
(b) An unincorporated nonprofit association must have the approval of the members to do any other act or exercise a right that the governing principles require to be approved by members.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-616
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4-28-616. Approval by members.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, an unincorporated nonprofit association must have the approval of its members to:
(1) admit, suspend, dismiss, or expel a member;
(2) select or dismiss a manager;
(3) adopt, amend, or repeal the governing principles;
(4) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the association's property, with or without the association's goodwill, outside the ordinary course of its activities;
(5) dissolve under § 4-28-628(a)(2) or merge under § 4-28-630;
(6) undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the association's activities; or
(7) determine the policy and purposes of the association.
(b) An unincorporated nonprofit association must have the approval of the members to do any other act or exercise a right that the governing principles require to be approved by members.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
4-28-628. Dissolution.
(a) An unincorporated nonprofit association may be dissolved as follows:
(1) if the governing principles provide a time or method for dissolution, at that time or by that method;
(2) if the governing principles do not provide a time or method for dissolution, upon approval by the members;
(3) if no member can be located and the association's operations have been discontinued for at least three years, by the managers or, if the association has no current manager, by its last manager;
(4) by court order; or
(5) under law other than this subchapter.
(b) After dissolution, an unincorporated nonprofit association continues in existence until its activities have been wound up and it is terminated pursuant to § 4-28-629.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-628
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 4-28-628. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
4-28-630. Mergers.
(a) In this section:
(1) “Constituent organization” means an organization that is merged with one or more other organizations including the surviving organization.
(2) “Nonsurviving organization” means a constituent organization that is not the surviving organization.
(3) “Organization” means an unincorporated nonprofit association, a general partnership, including a limited liability partnership, limited partnership, including a limited liability limited partnership, limited liability company, business or statutory trust, corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity having a statute governing its formation and operation. The term includes a for-profit or nonprofit organization.
(4) “Surviving organization” means an organization into which one or more other organizations are merged.
(b) An unincorporated nonprofit association may merge with any organization that is authorized by law to merge with an unincorporated nonprofit association.
(c) A merger involving an unincorporated nonprofit association is subject to the following rules:
(1) Each constituent organization shall comply with its governing law.
(2) Each party to the merger shall approve a plan of merger. The plan, which must be in a record, must include the following provisions:
(A) the name and form of each organization that is a party to the merger;
(B) the name and form of the surviving organization and, if the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, a statement to that effect;
(C) if the surviving organization is to be created by the merger, the surviving organization's organizational documents that are proposed to be in a record;
(D) if the surviving organization is not to be created by the merger, any amendments to be made by the merger to
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-28-630
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 4-28-630. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.