Title 36Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§30508 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 305— - BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC. › § 30508

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation cannot sell stock or pay dividends. It also cannot give money to a political party or to a person running for public office. The corporation’s money and property cannot be used to benefit or be handed out to its officers or members while it exists or when it closes. The council of administration may approve paying officers wages or reimbursing actual necessary expenses. The corporation cannot make loans or advances to its officers or employees. If members of the council vote for or agree to such a loan, and any officers help make it, those people are each responsible for the full amount until it is paid back to the corporation.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §30508

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(b)The corporation or an officer or agent as such may not contribute to a political party or candidate for public office.
(c)The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, an officer or member as such during the life of the corporation or on its dissolution or final liquidation. This subsection does not prevent the payment of compensation to an officer or reimbursement for actual necessary expenses in amounts approved by the council of administration of the corporation.
(d)The corporation may not make a loan or advance to an officer or employee. Members of the council of administration who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to an officer or employee, and officers who participate in making the loan or advance, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan or advance until it is repaid.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30508(a)36:952.July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, §§ 9, 10, 12, 74 Stat. 517. 30508(b)36:950. 30508(c)36:949(a). 30508(d)36:949(b). In subsection (a), the words “any shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsections (c) and (d), the reference to the “council of administration” is retained although 36:946 and 947 (restated in section 30505 of the revised title) do not create a governing body called a “council of administration.” In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to”, and the words “This subsection does not prevent” are substituted for “Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent”, for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (d), the words “or advance” are added in 2 places for consistency in the subsection.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 30508

Title 36Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73