(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), the provisions of the Kansas general corporation code shall apply to nonstock corporations in the manner specified in this subsection:
(1) All references to stockholders of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to members of the corporation;
(2) all references to the board of directors of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to the governing body of the corporation;
(3) all references to directors or to members of the board of directors of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to members of the governing body of the corporation; and
(4) all references to stock, capital stock or shares thereof of a corporation authorized to issue capital stock shall be deemed to refer to memberships of a nonprofit nonstock corporation and to membership interests of any other nonstock corporation.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(1) K.S.A. 17-6002 (a)(4), (b)(1) and (b)(2), 17-6009 (a), 17-6301 , 17-6404 , 17-6505 , 17-6518 , 17-6520 (b), 17-6601 , 17-6602 , 17-6703 , 17-6705 , 17-6706 , 17-6707 , 17-6708 , 17-6801 , 17-6805 , 17-6805a , 17-7001 , 17-7002 , 17-7503 (d)(4), 17-7504 and 17-7505 (d)(4), and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6014, and amendments thereto, that apply to nonstock corporations by their terms;
(2) K.S.A. 17-6002 (e), the last sentence of 17-6009 (b), 17-6401 , 17-6402 , 17-6403 , 17-6405 , 17-6406 , 17-6407 (d), 17-6408 , 17-6411 , 17-6412 , 17-6413 , 17-6414 , 17-6415 , 17-6416 , 17-6417 , 17-6418 , 17-6501 , 17-6502 , 17-6503 , 17-6504 , 17-6506 , 17-6509 , 17-6512 , 17-6521 , 17-6603 , 17-6604 , 17-6701 , 17-6702 , 17-6803 and 17-6804 , and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6427 and 17-72a04 , and amendments thereto; and
(3) articles 72 and 73 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(c) In the case of a nonprofit nonstock corporation, subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(1) The sections and articles listed in subsection (b);
(2) K.S.A. 17-6002 (b)(3), 17-6304 (a)(2), 17-6507 , 17-6508 , 17-6712 , 17-7503 , 17-7505 and 17-7509 , and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6011 (a)(2) and (a)(3), and amendments thereto; and
(3) article 64 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, other than K.S.A. 17-6428 and 17-6429 , and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-72a01 through 17-72a09 , and amendments thereto.
(d) For purposes of the Kansas general corporation code:
(1) A "charitable nonstock corporation" is any nonprofit nonstock corporation that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3);
(2) a "membership interest" is, unless otherwise provided in a nonstock corporation's articles of incorporation, a member's share of the profits and losses of a nonstock corporation or a member's right to receive distributions of the nonstock corporation's assets, or both;
(3) a "nonprofit nonstock corporation" is a nonstock corporation that does not have membership interests; and
(4) a "nonstock corporation" is any corporation organized under the Kansas general corporation code that is not authorized to issue capital stock.