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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§150508 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1505 — NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › § 150508

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation cannot issue stock or pay dividends. The corporation, and any officer or member acting in their official role, may not give money to or support a political party or a candidate, and it may not carry on propaganda. The corporation’s income and assets cannot be given to officers or members, except when the corporation is being shut down and its assets are finally distributed. The corporation may not lend money to an officer or a board member, and any officers or board members who vote for, agree to, or help make such a loan are each personally responsible to the corporation for the full amount until it is repaid.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §150508

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Stock and Dividends.—
The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(b)Political Activities.—
The corporation or an officer or member as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for elective public office. The corporation may not carry on propaganda.
(c)Distribution of Income or Assets.—
The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, an officer or member except on dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation.
(d)Loans.—
The corporation may not make a loan or advance to an officer or member of the board of representatives. Officers and members of the board who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to an officer or member of the board, and officers or members of the board 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.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 150508(a)36:414.Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, §§ 9–11, 14, 15, 66 Stat. 40. 150508(b)36:410.36:411. 150508(c)36:409. 150508(d)36:415. In subsection (a), the words “any shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “The corporation may not” are substituted for “No part of the activities of the corporation shall consist of” to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure” for consistency in the revised title. The words “as provided in section 417 of this title” are omitted as unnecessary. 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. § 150508

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110