36 U.S.C. § 30508: Restrictions

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The corporation cannot sell stock or pay dividends. The corporation, or its officers or agents acting in those roles, cannot give money to political parties or candidates. The corporation’s money or property cannot go to officers or members while it exists or when it is dissolved. The corporation can still pay salaries or reimburse necessary expenses if the council of administration approves the amount. The corporation may not lend money or advance funds to an officer or employee. Any council member who votes for such a loan, and any officer who helps make it, must each be responsible to the corporation for the full amount until it is paid back.

Title 36, §30508

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(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 agent as such may not contribute to a political party or candidate for public office.

(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 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)Loans.—

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.

§30508 Restrictions

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Title 36, §30508

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