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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§31106 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 311— BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA › § 31106

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not issue stock or pay dividends. The corporation and its officers or directors must not give money or help to political parties or candidates. Corporate money or assets must not go to directors, officers, or members while it exists or when it is closed, except the board may approve paying an officer. The corporation may not lend to directors, officers, or employees. Any director who votes for such a loan, and any officer who helps make it, is each responsible for repaying the full amount until it is repaid.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §31106

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 a director or officer as such may not contribute to, support, or assist 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, a director, 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 in an amount approved by the board of directors.
(d)The corporation may not make a loan or advance to a director, officer, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to a director, 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) 31106(a)36:702.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 976, §§ 9, 10, 12, 70 Stat. 1055. 31106(b)36:700. 31106(c)36:699(a). 31106(d)36:699(b). In subsection (a), the words “any shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (d), the words “or advance” are added is 2 places for consistency in the subsection.

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36 U.S.C. § 31106

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60