Title 54National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§101115 Corporate succession and powers and duties acting as trustee; personal liability for malfeasance

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1011— - DONATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION › § 101115

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the National Park Foundation permanent existence. It must have the normal powers and duties of a corporation acting as a trustee, including the ability to sue and be sued in its own name. Board members are not personally responsible for the foundation’s actions unless they commit serious wrongdoing.

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Title 54, §101115

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(a)The National Park Foundation shall have perpetual succession.
(b)The National Park Foundation shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a corporation acting as a trustee, including the power to sue and to be sued in its own name.
(c)The members of the Board shall not be personally liable, except for malfeasance.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10111516 U.S.C. 19i.Pub. L. 90–209, § 5, Dec. 18, 1967, 81 Stat. 657.

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54 U.S.C. § 101115

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73