Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110
§101115 Corporate Succession and Powers and Duties Acting as Trustee; Personal Liability for Malfeasance
Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1011 — DONATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION › § 101115
Summary
The National Park Foundation will continue to exist indefinitely. It has the usual 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 malfeasance (wrongful or dishonest conduct).
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Title 54, §101115
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(a)Perpetual Succession.—
The National Park Foundation shall have perpetual succession.
(b)Powers and Duties of Trustee.—
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)Personal Liability of Board Members.—
The members of the Board shall not be personally liable, except for malfeasance.
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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 54, National Park Service and Related Programs
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110