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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-33-1707

Public benefit, mutual benefit and religious corporations

Known as the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act

The act spans §§ 4–4 (189 sections).

Acts 1993, No. 1147, § 1706.

Upon electing to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, each domestic corporation existing on January 1, 1994, that becomes subject to this chapter shall be designated as a public benefit, mutual benefit or religious corporation as follows:

(1) Any corporation designated by statute as a public benefit corporation, a mutual benefit corporation or a religious corporation is the type of corporation designated by statute;

(2) Any corporation that does not come within subsection (1) of this section but is organized primarily or exclusively for religious purposes is a religious corporation;

(3) Any corporation that does not come within subsection (1) or (2) of this section but that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor section, is a public benefit corporation;

(4) Any corporation that does not come within subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section, but that is organized for a public or charitable purpose and that upon dissolution must distribute its assets to a public benefit corporation, the United States, a state or a person that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor section, is a public benefit corporation; and

(5) Any corporation that does not come within subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section is a mutual benefit corporation.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.