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36 U.S.C. § 80301 — Organization

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 54 words · no verdicts yet

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This law sets up Girl Scouts of the United States of America as a federally chartered corporation. Its legal home is the District of Columbia. Unless another law says otherwise, the corporation exists forever.

(a) Federal Charter. This section gives Girl Scouts of the United States of America a federal charter. It calls the organization "the corporation" for the rest of this chapter. It is a "body corporate and politic" of the District of Columbia — a legal structure that lets it act like a person, such as owning property and being sued. (b) Domicile. The corporation's legal home base ("domicile") is the District of Columbia. (c) Perpetual Existence. The corporation continues to exist forever, unless some other law changes that.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)Federal Charter.—

Girl Scouts of the United States of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.

(b)Domicile.—

The domicile of the corporation is the District of Columbia.

(c)Perpetual Existence.—

Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1361.)

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  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1361

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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