{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s170306","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f170306.","heading":"Powers","text":"\u00a7\u202f170306.\nPowers\nThe corporation has the powers provided in its bylaws and articles of incorporation filed in the State in which it is incorporated, including the power to\u2014\n(1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;\n(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;\n(3) adopt emblems and badges;\n(4) establish, maintain, and regulate offices to conduct the affairs of the corporation;\n(5) publish a magazine and other publications;\n(6) charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees and receive contributions or grants of money or property to be used to carry out the purposes of the corporation;\n(7) accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the purposes of the corporation;\n(8) promote the formation of auxiliaries, the membership requirements of which shall be as provided in the constitution and the bylaws of the corporation;\n(9) sue and be sued; and\n(10) do any other act necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the corporation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s170306.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f170306."},{"t":"heading","text":"Powers","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The corporation has the powers provided in its bylaws and articles of incorporation filed in the State in which it is incorporated, including the power to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" adopt and alter a corporate seal;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" adopt emblems and badges;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish, maintain, and regulate offices to conduct the affairs of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" publish a magazine and other publications;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees and receive contributions or grants of money or property to be used to carry out the purposes of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the purposes of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" promote the formation of auxiliaries, the membership requirements of which shall be as provided in the constitution and the bylaws of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" sue and be sued; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170306/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" do any other act necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the corporation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}