36 U.S.C. § 70104 — Membership

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 55 words · no verdicts yet

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The corporation's own bylaws and articles of incorporation set who can join and what rights members get. This chapter can override those rules in some cases. Membership rules cannot discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national origin.

(a) Eligibility — Who can join the corporation, and what rights and privileges members have, is set out in the corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws. This chapter can override those documents where it says something different. (b) Nondiscrimination — The rules for membership cannot treat people differently because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national origin.

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(a)Eligibility.—

Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the articles of incorporation and bylaws.

(b)Nondiscrimination.—

The terms of membership may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national origin.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1348.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1348

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