CHAPTER 2001 —SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
§200101. Organization
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a body corporate and politic in the District of Columbia.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200101 | 36:5401 (1st sentence words before "for the education of the general public"). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, §1 (1st sentence words before "for the education of the general public"), |
This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.
§200102. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are to educate members of the florist industry and the public, and to promote scientific development, in floriculture and horticulture.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200102 | 36:5401 (1st sentence words beginning with "for the education of the general public"). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, §1 (1st sentence words beginning with "for the education of the general public"), |
The words "The purposes of the corporation are" are added for consistency in the revised title. The words "to promote" are added for clarity. The words "in all their branches" are omitted as unnecessary.
§200103. Powers
The corporation may—
(1) adopt a constitution and bylaws for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs; and
(2)(A) hold property, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000; and
(B) hold other property donated or bequeathed in any State or territory of the United States.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200103 | 36:5401 (2d sentence words before proviso). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, §1 (2d sentence words before proviso), |
In clause (1), the words "not inconsistent with law" are omitted as unnecessary. The words "for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs" are added for consistency in the revised title.
In clause (2), subclause (A), the words "hold property" are substituted for "hold real and personal estate", and the words "necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation" are substituted for "so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends", for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. In subclause (B), the word "hold" is added for clarity. The words "other property" are substituted for "such other estate" for consistency in the revised title. The words "of the United States" are added for clarity and for consistency in the revised title.
§200104. Restrictions
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200104(a) | 36:5401 (3d sentence words before "and any earnings"). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, §1 (2d sentence proviso, 3d sentence, last sentence proviso), |
| 200104(b) | 36:5401 (3d sentence words beginning with "and any earnings"). | |
| 200104(c) | 36:5401 (2d sentence proviso). | |
| 200104(d) | 36:5401 (last sentence proviso). |
In subsection (b), the words "earnings generated by the corporation" are substituted for "any earnings and/or surplus funds that may be created through any of its educational or scientific activities" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "may be used only for the purposes provided in
In subsection (c), the words "Property held by the corporation" are substituted for "all property so held" for clarity. The words "may be used only for the purposes provided in
In subsection (d), the words "District of Columbia" are substituted for "city of Washington" for consistency in the revised title.
§200105. Principal office
The principal office of the corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia. However, annual meetings may be held wherever the corporation decides.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200105 | 36:5401 (last sentence words before proviso). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, §1 (last sentence words before proviso), |
The words "wherever the corporation decides" are substituted for "such other places as the incorporators or their successors shall determine" for consistency in the revised title.
§200106. Nonapplication of audit requirements
The audit requirements of
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 200106 | (no source). |
The section is added to except the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists from the application of section 10101 of the revised title, restating 36:1101-1103, which imposes audit requirements on certain federally chartered corporations. The Society is not included in the list of corporations set out in 36:1101 to which the audit requirements apply.