Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 24 Corporations And Associations (Nonprofit) - Section 24.03.015 Purposes

§ 24.03.015. Purposes

Corporations may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose or purposes, including, without being limited to, any one or more of the following purposes: Charitable; benevolent; eleemosynary; educational; civic; patriotic; political; religious; social; fraternal; literary; cultural; athletic; scientific; agricultural; horticultural; animal husbandry; and professional, commercial, industrial or trade association; but labor unions, cooperative organizations, and organizations subject to any of the provisions of the banking or insurance laws of this state may not be organized under this chapter: PROVIDED, That any not for profit corporation heretofore organized under any act hereby repealed and existing for the purpose of providing health care services as defined in RCW 48.44.010(1) or 48.46.020(1), as now or hereafter amended, shall continue to be organized under this chapter.

[1986 c 240 § 2; 1983 c 106 § 22; 1967 c 235 § 4.]

Notes:
     Repealer -- Savings -- 1967 c 235: See RCW 24.03.920, 24.03.905.

Fish marketing act: Chapter 24.36 RCW.

Granges: Chapter 24.28 RCW.

Insurance: Title 48 RCW.

Labor unions: Chapter 49.36 RCW. Sections:  Previous  24.03.005  24.03.007  24.03.008  24.03.009  24.03.010  24.03.015  24.03.017  24.03.020  24.03.025  24.03.027  24.03.030  24.03.035  24.03.040  24.03.043  24.03.045  Next

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