36 U.S.C. § 70908: Restrictions

Summary

The FFA must not sell stock or pay dividends. It cannot give its income or assets to directors, officers, or members except when the FFA is dissolved or finally closed. The FFA and its leaders may not support or help a political party or candidate. The FFA may not loan money to a director, officer, or employee; anyone who approves or helps make such a loan is each fully responsible to repay it to the FFA until it is repaid. The board may set rules to award prizes, grants, or loans to student officers and members who meet the board’s criteria.

Title 36, §70908

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(a)Stock and Dividends.—

The FFA may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.

(b)Political Activities.—

The FFA or a director, officer, or member acting on behalf of the FFA may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for elective public office.

(c)Distribution of Income or Assets.—

The income or assets of the FFA may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, or member, except on dissolution or final liquidation of the FFA.

(d)Loans.—

The FFA may not make a loan to a director, officer, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan to a director, officer, or employee, and officers who participate in making the loan, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan until it is repaid.

(e)Prizes, Awards, Grants, or Loans to Student Officers and Members Meeting Criteria.—

This section does not preclude prizes, awards, grants, or loans to student officers and members meeting the criteria established by the board of directors for selecting recipients of those benefits.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 70908(a)36:282.Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §§ 9, 10, 12, 64 Stat. 566. 70908(b)36:280. 70908(c)36:279(a). 70908(d)36:279(b). 70908(e)36:279(c). In subsection (a), the words “any shares or” and “its objects and purposes being solely educational” are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title. The words “as provided in section 285 of this title” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–7, § 9(1), substituted “FFA” for “corporation”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–7, § 9(2), substituted “FFA or a director, officer, or member acting on behalf of the FFA” for “corporation or a director, officer, or member as such”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–7, § 9(3), substituted “FFA” for “corporation” in two places. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–7, § 9(4), substituted “FFA” for “corporation” in first sentence.

§70908 Restrictions