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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§30304 Governing body

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 303— - BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION › § 30304

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the corporation to have between 3 and 15 directors, split into classes with term lengths set in the bylaws. More than half of the directors must be at a meeting to act, and decisions need a majority of those present. Directors can be removed or vacancies filled by a majority vote at a meeting called for that purpose; a person chosen to fill a vacancy serves until the next annual meeting. Officers, how they are chosen, their terms, duties, and powers are all set in the bylaws.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §30304

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)(1)The number of directors of the corporation shall be at least three but not more than 15. The directors shall be divided into a specified number of classes. Each class shall hold office for a definite period of years as provided in the bylaws.
(2)A majority of the directors must be present at a meeting of directors to constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum is necessary for the transaction of business.
(3)A director may be removed at any time for just and proper cause by a majority vote of a quorum of directors present at a meeting called for that purpose.
(4)A vacancy in the office of director may be filled by a majority vote of a quorum of the remaining directors present at a meeting called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a vacancy serves until the next annual meeting of the corporation.
(b)The officers of the corporation and their manner of election, term of office, duties, and powers are as provided in the bylaws.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30304(a)36:857.Aug. 27, 1958, Pub. L. 85–769, §§ 7, 8, 72 Stat. 925. 30304(b)36:858. In subsection (a)(1), the words “from time to time” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “except that the directors of Blinded Veterans Association, Incorporated, on August 27, 1958 shall be the first directors of the corporation” are omitted as executed and obsolete. In subsection (a)(4), the word “duly” is omitted as unnecessary. Subsection (b) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title. The words “consistent with this charter” in 36:858(b) are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 30304

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73