Florida Statutes Title XXXVI Chapter 617 - Corporations Not For Profit

• 617.01011 - Short Title.
  This act may be cited as the “Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 90-179.
• 617.0102 - Reservation Of Power To Amend Or Repeal.
  The Legislature has the power to amend or repeal all or part of this act at any time, and all domestic and foreign corporations subject...
• 617.01201 - Filing Requirements.
  (1) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements to be entitled to...
• 617.0121 - Forms.
  (1) The Department of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for:(a) An application for certificate of status,(b) A foreign corporation’s application for certificate of authority to...
• 617.0122 - Fees For Filing Documents And Issuing Certificates.
  The Department of State shall collect the following fees on documents delivered to the department for filing:(1) Articles of incorporation: $35.(2) Application for registered name: $87.50.(3) Application for...
• 617.0123 - Effective Date Of Document.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and in s. 617.0124(3), a document accepted for filing is effective at the time of filing on the date...
• 617.0124 - Correcting Filed Document.
  (1) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the department within 30 days after filing if:(a) The document contains an incorrect statement;(b) The document...
• 617.0125 - Filing Duties Of Department Of State.
  (1) If a document delivered to the Department of State for filing satisfies the requirements of s. 617.01201, the Department of State shall file it.(2) The Department...
• 617.0126 - Appeal From Department Of State’s Refusal To File Document.
  If the Department of State refuses to file a document delivered to its office for filing, within 30 days after return of the document by...
• 617.0127 - Evidentiary Effect Of Copy Of Filed Document.
  A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Department of State, bearing the signature of the Secretary of State (which may...
• 617.0128 - Certificate Of Status.
  (1) Anyone may apply to the Department of State to furnish a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a...
• 617.01301 - Powers Of Department Of State.
  (1) The Department of State may propound to any corporation subject to the provisions of this act, and to any officer or director thereof, such interrogatories...
• 617.01401 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Articles of incorporation” includes original, amended, and restated articles of incorporation, articles of consolidation, and articles of merger, and...
• 617.0141 - Notice.
  (1) Notice under this act must be in writing, unless oral notice is:(a) Expressly authorized by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws; and(b) Reasonable under the circumstances.(2) Notice...
• 617.02011 - Incorporators.
  One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the Department of State for...
• 617.0202 - Articles Of Incorporation; Content.
  (1) The articles of incorporation must set forth:(a) A corporate name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of s. 617.0401.(b) The street address of the initial principal...
• 617.0203 - Incorporation.
  (1) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed or on a date specified in the...
• 617.0204 - Liability For Preincorporation Transactions.
  All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a corporation, having actual knowledge that there was no incorporation under this act, are jointly...
• 617.0205 - Organizational Meeting Of Directors.
  (1) After incorporation:(a) If initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority...
• 617.0206 - Bylaws.
  The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt...
• 617.0207 - Emergency Bylaws.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may adopt bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined...
• 617.0301 - Purposes And Application.
  Corporations may be organized under this act for any lawful purpose or purposes not for pecuniary profit and not specifically prohibited to corporations under other...
• 617.0302 - Corporate Powers.
  Every corporation not for profit organized under this chapter, unless otherwise provided in its articles of incorporation or bylaws, shall have power to:(1) Have succession by...
• 617.0303 - Emergency Powers.
  (1) In anticipation of or during any emergency defined in subsection (5), the board of directors of a corporation may:(a) Modify lines of succession to accommodate the...
• 617.0304 - Ultra Vires.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the validity of corporate action, including, but not limited to, any conveyance, transfer, or encumbrance of real or personal...
• 617.0401 - Corporate Name.
  (1) A corporate name:(a) Must contain the word “corporation” or “incorporated” or the abbreviation “Corp.” or “Inc.” or words or abbreviations of like import in language as...
• 617.0403 - Registered Name; Application; Renewal; Revocation.
  (1) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by s. 617.1506, if the name is distinguishable upon...
• 617.0501 - Registered Office And Registered Agent.
  (1) Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state:(a) A registered office which may be the same as its principal office; and(b) A registered agent, who...
• 617.0502 - Change Of Registered Office Or Registered Agent; Resignation Of Registered Agent.
  (1) A corporation may change its registered office or its registered agent upon filing with the Department of State a statement of change setting forth:(a) The name...
• 617.0503 - Registered Agent; Duties; Confidentiality Of Investigation Records.
  (1)(a) Each corporation, foreign corporation, or alien business organization that owns real property located in this state, that owns a mortgage on real property located in...
• 617.0504 - Service Of Process, Notice, Or Demand On A Corporation.
  (1) Process against any corporation may be served in accordance with chapter 48 or chapter 49.(2) Any notice to or demand on a corporation made pursuant to...
• 617.0505 - Distributions; Exceptions.
  Except as authorized in s. 617.1302, a corporation may not make distributions to its members, directors, or officers.(1) A mutual benefit corporation, such as a private...
• 617.0601 - Members, Generally.
  (1)(a) A corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the corporation has one or more classes of members,...
• 617.0604 - Liability Of Members.
  (1) A member of a corporation is not, as such, personally liable for any act, debt, liability, or obligation of the corporation.(2) A member may become liable...
• 617.0605 - Transfer Of Membership Interests.
  (1) A member of a corporation may not transfer a membership or any right arising from membership except as otherwise allowed in this section.(2) Except as set...
• 617.0606 - Resignation Of Members.
  (1) Except as may be provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation, a member of a mutual benefit corporation may not transfer...
• 617.0607 - Termination, Expulsion, And Suspension.
  (1) A member of a corporation may not be expelled or suspended, and a membership in the corporation may not be terminated or suspended, except pursuant...
• 617.0608 - Purchase Of Memberships.
  (1) A corporation may not purchase any of its memberships or any right arising from membership except as provided in s. 617.0505 or subsection (2).(2) Subject to...
• 617.0701 - Meetings Of Members, Generally; Failure To Hold Annual Meeting; Special Meeting; Consent To Corporate Actions Without Meetings; Waiver Of Notice Of Meetings.
  (1) The frequency of all meetings of members, the time and manner of notice of such meetings, the conduct and adjournment of such meetings, the determination...
• 617.0721 - Voting By Members.
  (1) Members are not entitled to vote except as conferred by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.(2) A member who is entitled to vote may vote...
• 617.0725 - Quorum.
  An amendment to the articles of incorporation or the bylaws which adds, changes, or deletes a greater or lesser quorum or voting requirement must meet...
• 617.07401 - Members’ Derivative Actions.
  (1) A person may not commence a proceeding in the right of a domestic or foreign corporation unless the person was a member of the corporation...
• 617.0801 - Duties Of Board Of Directors.
  All corporate powers must be exercised by or under the authority of, and the affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of, its board...
• 617.0802 - Qualifications Of Directors.
  (1) Directors must be natural persons who are 18 years of age or older but need not be residents of this state or members of the...
• 617.0803 - Number Of Directors.
  (1) A board of directors must consist of three or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation...
• 617.0806 - Staggered Terms For Directors.
  The articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide that directors be divided into classes. Each director shall hold office for the term to which he...
• 617.0807 - Resignation Of Directors.
  (1) A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors or its chair or to the corporation.(2) A resignation is...
• 617.0808 - Removal Of Directors.
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a director may be removed from office pursuant to procedures provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, which shall...
• 617.0809 - Board Vacancy.
  (1) Except as provided in s. 617.0808(1)(f), any vacancy occurring on the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of...
• 617.08101 - Compensation Of Directors.
  Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may fix the compensation of directors.History.—s. 45, ch. 90-179.
• 617.0820 - Meetings.
  (1) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state.(2) A majority of the directors present, whether or not a...
• 617.0821 - Action By Directors Without A Meeting.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, action required or permitted by this act to be taken at a board of directors’...
• 617.0822 - Notice Of Meetings.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date,...
• 617.0823 - Waiver Of Notice.
  Notice of a meeting of the board of directors need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice either before or...
• 617.0824 - Quorum And Voting.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws require a different number, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the...
• 617.0825 - Committees.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws otherwise provide, the board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of...
• 617.0830 - General Standards For Directors.
  (1) A director shall discharge his or her duties as a director, including his or her duties as a member of a committee:(a) In good faith;(b) With the...
• 617.0831 - Indemnification And Liability Of Officers, Directors, Employees, And Agents.
  Except as provided in s. 617.0834, ss. 607.0831 and 607.0850 apply to a corporation organized under this act and a rural electric cooperative organized under...
• 617.0832 - Director Conflicts Of Interest.
  (1) No contract or other transaction between a corporation and one or more of its directors or any other corporation, firm, association, or entity in which...
• 617.0833 - Loans To Directors Or Officers.
  Loans, other than through the purchase of bonds, debentures, or similar obligations of the type customarily sold in public offerings, or through ordinary deposit of...
• 617.0834 - Officers And Directors Of Certain Corporations And Associations Not For Profit; Immunity From Civil Liability.
  (1) An officer or director of a nonprofit organization recognized under s. 501(c)(3) or s. 501(c)(4) or s. 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,...
• 617.0835 - Prohibited Activities By Private Foundations.
  (1) As used in this section, section references, unless otherwise indicated, refer to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Title 26 of the United...
• 617.0840 - Required Officers.
  (1) A corporation shall have the officers described in its articles of incorporation or its bylaws who shall be elected or appointed at such time and...
• 617.0841 - Duties Of Officers.
  Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in the bylaws or, to the extent consistent with the bylaws, the duties...
• 617.0842 - Resignation And Removal Of Officers.
  (1) An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice...
• 617.0843 - Contract Rights Of Officers.
  (1) The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.(2) An officer’s removal does not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the corporation....
• 617.0901 - Reincorporation.
  (1) Any corporation which has a charter approved by a circuit judge under former chapter 617, Florida Statutes (1989), or a charter granted by the Legislature...
• 617.1001 - Authority To Amend The Articles Of Incorporation.
  (1) A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at any time as provided in this act.(2) A member of the corporation does not have a vested...
• 617.1002 - Procedure For Amending Articles Of Incorporation.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation provide an alternative procedure, amendments to the articles of incorporation must be made in the following manner:(a) If there are members...
• 617.1006 - Contents Of Articles Of Amendment.
  The articles of amendment must be executed by the corporation as provided in s. 617.01201 and must set forth:(1) The name of the corporation;(2) The text of...
• 617.1007 - Restated Articles Of Incorporation.
  (1) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time with or without a vote of the members.(2) The restatement may include...
• 617.1008 - Amendment Pursuant To Reorganization.
  (1) A corporation’s articles of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors or members to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered...
• 617.1009 - Effect Of Amendment.
  An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which...
• 617.1101 - Plan Of Merger.
  (1) Any two or more domestic corporations may merge into one domestic corporation pursuant to a plan of merger approved in the manner provided in this...
• 617.1102 - Limitation On Merger.
  A corporation not for profit organized under this chapter may merge with one or more other business entities, as identified in s. 607.1108(1), only if...
• 617.1103 - Approval Of Plan Of Merger; Abandonment Of Plan Thereafter.
  (1) A plan of merger must be adopted in the following manner:(a) If the members of any merging corporation are entitled to vote on a plan of...
• 617.1105 - Articles Of Merger.
  Articles of merger must be executed by each corporation, as provided in s. 617.01201 and must set forth:(1) The plan of merger;(2) If the members of any...
• 617.1106 - Effect Of Merger.
  When a merger becomes effective:(1) Every other corporation party to the merger merges into the surviving corporation and the separate existence of every corporation except the...
• 617.1107 - Merger Of Domestic And Foreign Corporations.
  (1) One or more foreign corporations and one or more domestic corporations may be merged into a corporation of this state or of another jurisdiction if...
• 617.1108 - Merger Of Domestic Corporation And Other Business Entities.
  (1) Subject to s. 617.0302(16) and other applicable provisions of this chapter, ss. 607.1108, 607.1109, and 607.11101 shall apply to a merger involving a corporation not...
• 617.1201 - Secured Transactions And Other Dispositions Of Corporate Property And Assets Not Requiring Member Approval.
  (1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws otherwise provide, the board of directors may authorize any of the following transactions without any vote or...
• 617.1202 - Sale, Lease, Exchange, Or Other Disposition Of Corporate Property And Assets Requiring Member Approval.
  A sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of a corporation, in all cases other than...
• 617.1301 - Prohibited Distributions.
  Except as authorized in ss. 617.0505 and 617.1302, a corporation may not make any distributions to its members.History.—s. 37, ch. 2009-205.
• 617.1302 - Authorized Distributions.
  (1) A mutual benefit corporation may purchase its memberships pursuant to s. 617.0608 only if, after the purchase is completed:(a) The mutual benefit corporation is able to...
• 617.1401 - Voluntary Dissolution Of Corporation Prior To Conducting Its Affairs.
  (1) At any time after the filing of the articles of incorporation, a corporation which has not commenced to conduct its affairs may be voluntarily dissolved...
• 617.1402 - Dissolution Of Corporation.
  A corporation desiring to dissolve and wind up its affairs must adopt a resolution to dissolve in the following manner:(1) If the corporation has members entitled...
• 617.1403 - Articles Of Dissolution.
  (1) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the Department of State for filing articles of dissolution setting forth:(a) The...
• 617.1404 - Revocation Of Dissolution.
  (1) A corporation may revoke its dissolution at any time prior to the expiration of 120 days following the effective date of the articles of dissolution.(2) Revocation...
• 617.1405 - Effect Of Dissolution.
  (1) A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but may not conduct its affairs except to the extent appropriate to wind up and liquidate its affairs,...
• 617.1406 - Plan Of Distribution Of Assets.
  A plan providing for the distribution of assets, not inconsistent with this act or the articles of incorporation, must be adopted by a corporation in...
• 617.1407 - Unknown Claims Against Dissolved Corporation.
  (1) A dissolved corporation or successor entity may execute one of the following procedures to resolve payment of unknown claims:(a) A dissolved corporation or successor entity may...
• 617.1408 - Known Claims Against Dissolved Corporation.
  (1) A dissolved corporation or successor entity may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedures described in subsections (2), (3), and (4).(2) The...
• 617.1420 - Grounds For Administrative Dissolution.
  (1) The Department of State may commence a proceeding under s. 617.1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if:(a) The corporation has failed to file its annual report...
• 617.1421 - Procedure For And Effect Of Administrative Dissolution.
  (1) If the Department of State determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 617.1420 for administratively dissolving a corporation, it shall serve the corporation...
• 617.1422 - Reinstatement Following Administrative Dissolution.
  (1) A corporation administratively dissolved under s. 617.1421 may apply to the department for reinstatement at any time after the effective date of dissolution. The corporation...
• 617.1423 - Appeal From Denial Of Reinstatement.
  (1) If the Department of State denies a corporation’s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, it shall serve the corporation under s. 617.0504(2) with a written...
• 617.1430 - Grounds For Judicial Dissolution.
  A circuit court may dissolve a corporation:(1)(a) In a proceeding by the Department of Legal Affairs if it is established that:1. The corporation obtained its articles of...
• 617.1431 - Procedure For Judicial Dissolution.
  (1) Venue for a proceeding brought under s. 617.1430 lies in the circuit court of the county where the corporation’s principal office is or was last...
• 617.1432 - Receivership Or Custodianship.
  (1) A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or...
• 617.1433 - Judgment Of Dissolution.
  (1) If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in s. 617.1430 exist, it may enter a judgment...
• 617.1440 - Deposit With Department Of Financial Services.
  Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant, member of the corporation, or other person who cannot be found or...
• 617.1501 - Authority Of Foreign Corporation To Conduct Affairs Required.
  (1) A foreign corporation may not conduct its affairs in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Department of State.(2) The following activities,...
• 617.1502 - Consequences Of Conducting Affairs Without Authority.
  (1) A foreign corporation conducting its affairs in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state...
• 617.1503 - Application For Certificate Of Authority.
  (1) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to conduct its affairs in this state by delivering an application to the Department of...
• 617.1504 - Amended Certificate Of Authority.
  (1) A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state shall make application to the Department of State to obtain an amended certificate of...
• 617.1505 - Effect Of Certificate Of Authority.
  (1) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to conduct its affairs in this state subject, however, to the right...
• 617.1506 - Corporate Name Of Foreign Corporation.
  (1) A foreign corporation may not file an application for a certificate of authority unless the corporate name of such corporation satisfies the requirements of s....
• 617.1507 - Registered Office And Registered Agent Of Foreign Corporation.
  (1) Each foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state must continuously maintain in this state:(a) A registered office that may be the same as...
• 617.1508 - Change Of Registered Office And Registered Agent Of Foreign Corporation.
  (1) A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Department of...
• 617.1509 - Resignation Of Registered Agent Of Foreign Corporation.
  (1) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign his or her agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Department of State for filing...
• 617.1510 - Service Of Process, Notice, Or Demand On A Foreign Corporation.
  (1) The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state is the corporation’s agent for service of process, notice, or...
• 617.1520 - Withdrawal Of Foreign Corporation.
  (1) A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from...
• 617.1530 - Grounds For Revocation Of Authority To Conduct Affairs.
  The Department of State may commence a proceeding under s. 617.1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to conduct its...
• 617.1531 - Procedure For And Effect Of Revocation.
  (1) If the Department of State determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 617.1530 for revocation of a certificate of authority, the Department of...
• 617.1532 - Appeal From Revocation.
  (1) If the Department of State revokes the authority of any foreign corporation to conduct its affairs in this state pursuant to the provisions of this...
• 617.1533 - Reinstatement Following Revocation.
  (1)(a) A foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been revoked under s. 617.1531 may apply to the Department of State for reinstatement at any time...
• 617.1601 - Corporate Records.
  (1) A corporation shall keep as records minutes of all meetings of its members and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the...
• 617.1602 - Inspection Of Records By Members.
  (1) A member of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation’s principal office or at a reasonable location...
• 617.1603 - Scope Of Inspection Right.
  (1) A member’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the member he or she represents.(2) The right to copy records under s....
• 617.1604 - Court-ordered Inspection.
  (1) If a corporation does not, within a reasonable time, allow a member to inspect and copy any record, and the member complies with any prerequisites...
• 617.1605 - Financial Reports For Members.
  A corporation, upon a member’s written demand, shall furnish that member its latest annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the...
• 617.1606 - Access To Records.
  Sections 617.1601-617.1605 do not apply to a corporation that is an association, as defined in s. 720.301, or a corporation regulated under chapter 718 or...
• 617.1622 - Annual Report For Department Of State.
  (1) Each domestic and each foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state shall deliver to the Department of State for filing a sworn...
• 617.1623 - Corporate Information Available To The Public; Application To Corporations Incorporated By Circuit Courts And By Special Act Of The Legislature.
  (1)(a) Each corporation incorporated in this state shall maintain a registered agent and registered office in accordance with s. 617.0501, and current information regarding the corporations...
• 617.1701 - Application To Existing Domestic Corporation.
  This act applies to all domestic corporations in existence on July 1, 1991, that were incorporated under any general statute of this state providing for...
• 617.1702 - Application To Qualified Foreign Corporations.
  A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state on July 1, 1991, is subject to this act but is not required to...
• 617.1703 - Application Of Chapter.
  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this chapter and chapter 718 regarding condominiums, chapter 719 regarding cooperatives, chapter 720 regarding homeowners’...
• 617.1711 - Application To Foreign And Interstate Commerce.
  The provisions of this act apply to commerce with foreign nations and among the several states only insofar as such commerce may be permitted under...
• 617.1803 - Domestication Of Foreign Not-for-profit Corporations.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “not-for-profit corporation” includes any not-for-profit incorporated organization.(2) Any foreign not-for-profit corporation may become domesticated in this state by filing...
• 617.1805 - Corporations For Profit; When May Become Corporations Not For Profit.
  Any corporation for profit incorporated under any of the laws of the state, engaged solely in carrying out the purposes and objects for which corporations...
• 617.1806 - Conversion To Corporation Not For Profit; Petition And Contents.
  A petition for conversion to a corporation not for profit pursuant to s. 617.1805 shall be accompanied by the written consent of all the shareholders...
• 617.1807 - Conversion To Corporation Not For Profit; Authority Of Circuit Judge.
  If the circuit judge to whom the petition and proposed articles of incorporation are presented finds that the petition and proposed articles are in proper...
• 617.1808 - Application Of Act To Corporation Converted To Corporation Not For Profit.
  All the provisions of this act relating to corporations not for profit, except insofar as they are inconsistent with ss. 617.1805, 617.1806, and 617.1807, shall...
• 617.1809 - Limited Agricultural Association; Conversion To A Domestic Corporation Not For Profit.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “limited agricultural association” or “association” means a limited agricultural association formed under ss. 604.09-604.14.(2) A limited agricultural association may...
• 617.1904 - Estoppel.
  No body of persons acting as a corporation shall be permitted to set up the lack of legal organization as a defense to an action...
• 617.1907 - Effect Of Repeal Or Amendment Of Prior Acts.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the repeal or amendment of a statute by this chapter does not affect:(a) The operation of the statute or any...
• 617.1908 - Applicability Of Florida Business Corporation Act.
  Except as made applicable by specific reference in any other section of this chapter, part I of chapter 607, the Florida Business Corporation Act, does...
• 617.2001 - Corporations Which May Be Incorporated Hereunder; Incorporation Of Certain Medical Services Corporations.
  (1) Corporations may be organized and incorporated under this act for any one or more lawful purposes not for pecuniary profit. However, corporations not for profit...
• 617.2002 - Corporation Not For Profit Organized Pursuant To S. 2, Ch. 87-296; Requirements.
  A corporation not for profit organized pursuant to the provisions of s. 2, chapter 87-296, Laws of Florida, must meet the following requirements:(1) At least 25...
• 617.2003 - Proceedings To Revoke Articles Of Incorporation Or Charter Or Prevent Its Use.
  If any member or citizen complains to the Department of Legal Affairs that any corporation organized under this act was organized or is being used...
• 617.2004 - Extinct Churches And Religious Societies; Property.
  Property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any church or any religious society belonging to any religious denomination in this...
• 617.2005 - Extinct Churches And Religious Societies; Dissolution.
  Any church or religious society in this state which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or service, or to use its property for...
• 617.2006 - Incorporation Of Labor Unions Or Bodies.
  Any group or combination of groups of workers or wage earners, bearing the name labor, organized labor, federation of labor, brotherhood of labor, union labor,...
• 617.2007 - Sponge Packing And Marketing Corporations.
  Persons engaged in the business of buying, selling, packing, and marketing commercial sponges may incorporate under this act to aid in facilitating the orderly cooperative...
• 617.2101 - Corporation Authorized To Act As Trustee.
  Any corporation, organized under this act, may act as trustee of property whenever the corporation has either a beneficial, contingent, or remainder interest in such...
• 617.2102 - Fines And Penalties Against Members.
  A corporation may, if so authorized in the bylaws, levy fines or otherwise penalize members of the corporation. No fine or penalty shall be levied...
• 617.2104 - Florida Uniform Prudent Management Of Institutional Funds Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:(a) “Charitable purpose” means the relief of...
• 617.2105 - Corporation Issued A Deed To Real Property.
  When a corporation or foreign corporation subject to this chapter is issued a deed to real property in the state by the Board of Trustees...

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