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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.7


                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                     BYLAWS

                                       OF

                            U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

                              A NEVADA CORPORATION


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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                     BYLAWS

                                       OF

                            U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I:  OFFICES...........................................................................................1

ARTICLE II:  SHAREHOLDERS.....................................................................................1
         Section 1. Annual Meeting............................................................................1
         Section 2. Special Meetings..........................................................................2
         Section 3. Place Of Meeting..........................................................................2
         Section 4. Notice Of Meeting.........................................................................2
         Section 5. Fixing Of Record Date.....................................................................3
         Section 6. Voting Lists..............................................................................4
         Section 7. Recognition Procedure For Beneficial Owners...............................................5
         Section 8. Quorum And Manner Of Acting...............................................................5
         Section 9. Proxies...................................................................................5
         Section 10. Voting Of Shares.........................................................................6
         Section 11. Corporation's Acceptance Of Votes........................................................7
         Section 12. Informal Action By Shareholders..........................................................8
         Section 13. Meetings By Telecommunication............................................................9

ARTICLE III:  BOARD OF DIRECTORS..............................................................................9
         Section 1. General Powers............................................................................9
         Section 2. Nomination For Directors And Submission Of Proposals......................................9
         Section 3. Number, Qualifications And Tenure.........................................................10
         Section 4. Removal Of Directors......................................................................11
         Section 5. Vacancies.................................................................................11
         Section 6. Regular Meetings..........................................................................11
         Section 7. Special Meetings..........................................................................11
         Section 8. Notice....................................................................................11
         Section 9. Quorum....................................................................................12
         Section 10. Manner Of Acting.........................................................................12
         Section 11. Compensation.............................................................................13
         Section 12. Presumption Of Assent....................................................................13
         Section 13. Committees...............................................................................13
         Section 14. Informal Action By Directors.............................................................14
         Section 15. Telephonic Meetings......................................................................14

ARTICLE IV:  OFFICERS AND AGENTS..............................................................................14
         Section 1. General...................................................................................14
         Section 2. Appointment And Term Of Office............................................................15
         Section 3. Resignation And Removal...................................................................15
         Section 4. Vacancies.................................................................................15


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         Section 5. President.................................................................................15
         Section 6. Vice Presidents...........................................................................16
         Section 7. Secretary.................................................................................16
         Section 8. Treasurer.................................................................................17

ARTICLE V:  STOCK.............................................................................................17
         Section 1. Certificates..............................................................................17
         Section 2. Consideration For Shares..................................................................18
         Section 3. Lost Certificates.........................................................................18
         Section 4. Transfer Of Shares........................................................................19
         Section 5. Transfer Agent, Registrars And Paying Agents..............................................19

ARTICLE VI:  INDEMNIFICATION..................................................................................19
         Section 1. General...................................................................................19
         Section 2. Advancing Expenses........................................................................20
         Section 3. Benefit To Survive........................................................................20
         Section 4. General Provisions........................................................................20
         Section 5. Optional Indemnification..................................................................21
         Section 6. Witness Expenses..........................................................................21

ARTICLE VII:  INSURANCE.......................................................................................21
         Section 1. Provision Of Insurance....................................................................21

ARTICLE VIII:  ACQUISITION OF CONTROLLING INTEREST............................................................21

ARTICLE IX:  MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................................22
         Section 1. Seal......................................................................................22
         Section 2. Fiscal Year...............................................................................22
         Section 3. Amendments................................................................................22
         Section 4. Receipt Of Notices By The Corporation.....................................................22
         Section 5. Gender....................................................................................22
         Section 6. Conflicts.................................................................................22
         Section 7. Definitions...............................................................................22

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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                     BYLAWS
                                       OF
                            U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

                                    ARTICLE I
                                     OFFICES

         The principal office of the corporation shall be designated from time
to time by the corporation and may be within or outside of Nevada.

         The corporation may have such other offices, either within or outside
Nevada, as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the
corporation may require from time to time.

         The registered office of the corporation required by the Nevada General
Corporation Law to be maintained in Nevada may be, but need not be, identical
with the principal office, and the address of the registered office may be
changed from time to time by the board of directors.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                  SHAREHOLDERS

         SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall
be held on a date and at a time fixed by the board of directors of the
corporation (or by the president in the absence of action by the board of
directors) for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the meeting. If the election of directors is
not held on the day fixed as provided herein for any annual meeting of the
shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall cause the
election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter
as it may conveniently be held.

         A shareholder may apply to the district court in the county in Nevada
where the corporation's principal office is located or, if the corporation has
no principal office in Nevada, to the district court of the county in which the
corporation's registered office is located to seek an order that a shareholder
meeting be held (i) if an annual meeting was not held within six months after
the close of the corporation's most recently ended fiscal year or fifteen months
after its last annual meeting, whichever is earlier, or (ii) if the shareholder
participated in a proper call of or proper demand for a special meeting and
notice of the special meeting was not given within thirty days after the date of
the call or the date the last of the demands necessary to require calling of the
meeting was received by the corporation pursuant to Nevada corporate law, or the
special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.

         SECTION 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise prescribed by statute,
special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose by the
president or by the board of directors.


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         SECTION 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The board of directors may designate any
place, either within or outside Nevada, as the place for any annual meeting or
any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made,
or if a special meeting is called other than by the board, the place of meeting
shall be the principal office of the corporation.

         SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETING. Written notice stating the place, date,
and hour of the meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty
days before the date of the meeting, except if any other longer period is
required by the Nevada General Corporation Law. The secretary shall be required
to give such notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting except
as otherwise required by the Nevada General Corporation Law.

         Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose
or purposes of the meeting. Notice of an annual meeting need not include a
description of the purpose or purposes of the meeting except the purpose or
purposes shall be stated with respect to (i) an amendment to the articles of
incorporation of the corporation, (ii) a merger or share exchange in which the
corporation is a party and, with respect to a share exchange, in which the
corporation's shares will be acquired, (iii) a sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition, other than in the usual and regular course of business, of all or
substantially all of the property of the corporation or of another entity which
this corporation controls, in each case with or without the goodwill, (iv) a
dissolution of the corporation, (v) restatement of the articles of
incorporation, or (vi) any other purpose for which a statement of purpose is
required by the Nevada General Corporation Law. Notice shall be given personally
or by mail, private carrier, telegraph, teletype, electronically transmitted
facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication by or at the direction
of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting,
to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed and if
in a comprehensible form, such notice shall be deemed to be given and effective
when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed to the shareholder
at his address as it appears in the corporation's current record of
shareholders, with first class postage prepaid. If notice is given other than by
mail, and provided that such notice is in a comprehensible form, the notice is
given and effective on the date actually received by the shareholder.

         If requested by the person or persons lawfully calling such meeting,
the secretary shall give notice thereof at corporate expense. No notice need be
sent to any shareholder if three successive notices mailed to the last known
address of such shareholder have been returned as undeliverable until such time
as another address for such shareholder is made known to the corporation by such
shareholder. In order to be entitled to receive notice of any meeting, a
shareholder shall advise the corporation in writing of any change in such
shareholder's mailing address as shown on the corporation's books and records.

         When a meeting is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need
not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place of
such meeting is announced before adjournment at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any
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the adjournment is for more than 120 days, or if a new record date is fixed for
the adjourned meeting, a new notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting as of the new record
date.

         A shareholder may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time
and date of the meeting by a writing signed by such shareholder. Such waiver
shall be delivered to the corporation for filing with the corporate records, but
this delivery and filing shall not be conditions to the effectiveness of the
waiver. Further, by attending a meeting either in person or by proxy, a
shareholder waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the
meeting unless the shareholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the
holding of the meeting or the transaction of business at the meeting because of
lack of notice or defective notice. By attending the meeting, the shareholder
also waives any objection to consideration at the meeting of a particular matter
not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice unless the
shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

         SECTION 5. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining
shareholders entitled to (i) notice of or vote at any meeting of shareholders or
any adjournment thereof, (ii) receive distributions or share dividends, (iii)
demand a special meeting, or (iv) make a determination of shareholders for any
other proper purpose, the board of directors may fix a future date as the record
date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not
more than seventy days, and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than
ten days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such
determination of shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed by the
directors, the record date shall be the day before the notice of the meeting is
given to shareholders, or the date on which the resolution of the board of
directors providing for a distribution is adopted, as the case may be. When a
determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders is
made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any
adjournment thereof unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which
it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the
date fixed for the original meeting. Unless otherwise specified when the record
date is fixed, the time of day for such determination shall be as of the
corporation's close of business on the record date.

         Notwithstanding the above, the record date for determining the
shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting or entitled to be given
notice of action so taken shall be the date a writing upon which the action is
taken is first received by the corporation. The record date for determining
shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting shall be the date of the
earliest of any of the demands pursuant to which the meeting is called.

         SECTION 6. VOTING LISTS. After a record date is fixed for a
shareholders' meeting, the secretary shall make, at the earlier of ten days
before such meeting or two business days after notice of the meeting has been
given, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to be given notice of such
meeting or any adjournment thereof. The list shall be arranged by voting groups
and within each voting group by class or series of shares, shall be in
alphabetical order within each class or series, and shall show the address of
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shareholder. For the period beginning the earlier of ten days prior to the
meeting or two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing
through the meeting and any adjournment thereof, this list shall be kept on file
at the principal office of the corporation, or at a place (which shall be
identified in the notice) in the city where the meeting will be held. Such list
shall be available for inspection on written demand by any shareholder
(including for the purpose of this Section 6 any holder of voting trust
certificates) or his agent or attorney during regular business hours and during
the period available for inspection. The original stock transfer books shall be
prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such
list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

         Any shareholder, his agent or attorney may copy the list during regular
business hours and during the period it is available for inspection, provided
(i) the shareholder has been a shareholder for at least three months immediately
preceding the demand or holds at least five percent of all outstanding shares of
any class of shares as of the date of the demand, (ii) the demand is made in
good faith and for a purpose reasonably related to the demanding shareholder's
interest as a shareholder, (iii) the shareholder describes with reasonable
particularity the purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect,
(iv) the records are directly connected with the described purpose, and (v) the
shareholder pays a reasonable charge covering the costs of labor and material
for such copies, not to exceed the estimated cost of production and
reproduction.

         SECTION 7. RECOGNITION PROCEDURE FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERS. The board of
directors may adopt by resolution a procedure whereby a shareholder of the
corporation may certify in writing to the corporation that all or a portion of
the shares registered in the name of such shareholder are held for the account
of a specified person or persons. The resolution may set forth (i) the types of
nominees to which it applies, (ii) the rights or privileges that the corporation
will recognize in a beneficial owner, which may include rights and privileges
other than voting, (iii) the form of certification and the information to be
contained therein, (iv) if the certification is with respect to a record date,
the time within which the certification must be received by the corporation, (v)
the period for which the nominee's use of the procedure is effective, and (vi)
such other provisions with respect to the procedure as the board deems necessary
or desirable. Upon receipt by the corporation of a certificate complying with
the procedure established by the board of directors, the persons specified in
the certification shall be deemed, for the purpose or purposes set forth in the
certification, to be the registered holders of the number of shares specified in
place of the shareholder making the certification.

         SECTION 8. QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING. A majority of the votes
entitled to be cast on a matter by a voting group represented in person or by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on the matter.
If less than a majority of such votes are represented at a meeting, a majority
of the votes so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without
further notice, for a period not to exceed 120 days for any one adjournment. If
a quorum is present at such adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted
which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The
shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact
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enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, unless the meeting is adjourned
and a new record date is set for the adjourned meeting.

         If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of
directors, by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting
group favoring the action exceed the votes cast within the voting group opposing
the action, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required
by law or the articles of incorporation.

         SECTION 9. PROXIES. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may
vote by proxy by signing an appointment form or similar writing, either
personally or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. A shareholder may also
appoint a proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram,
teletype, or other electronic transmission providing a written statement of the
appointment to the proxy, a proxy solicitor, proxy support service organization,
or other person duly authorized by the proxy to receive appointments as agent
for the proxy, or to the corporation. The transmitted appointment shall set
forth or be transmitted with written evidence from which it can be determined
that the shareholder transmitted or authorized the transmission of the
appointment. The proxy appointment form or similar writing shall be filed with
the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. The
appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the corporation and is
valid for six months unless a different period is expressly provided in the
appointment form or similar writing.

         Any complete copy, including an electronically transmitted facsimile,
of an appointment of a proxy may be substituted for or used in lieu of the
original appointment for any purpose for which the original appointment could be
used.

         Revocation of a proxy does not affect the right of the corporation to
accept the proxy's authority unless (i) the corporation had notice that the
appointment was coupled with an interest and notice that such interest is
extinguished is received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized
to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his authority under the
appointment, or (ii) other notice of the revocation of the appointment is
received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes
before the proxy exercises his authority under the appointment. Other notice of
revocation may, in the discretion of the corporation, be deemed to include the
appearance at a shareholders' meeting of the shareholder who granted the proxy
and his voting in person on any matter subject to a vote at such meeting.

         The death or incapacity of the shareholder appointing a proxy does not
affect the right of the corporation to accept the proxy's authority unless
notice of the death or incapacity is received by the secretary or other officer
or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his authority
under the appointment.

         The corporation shall not be required to recognize an appointment made
irrevocable if it has received a writing revoking the appointment signed by the
shareholder (including a shareholder who is a successor to the shareholder who
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in-fact, notwithstanding that the revocation may be a breach of an obligation of
the shareholder to another person not to revoke the appointment.

         Subject to Section 11 and any express limitation on the proxy's
authority appearing on the appointment form, the corporation is entitled to
accept the proxy's vote or other action as that of the shareholder making the
appointment.

         SECTION 10. VOTING OF SHARES. Each outstanding share, regardless of
class, shall be entitled to one vote and each fractional share shall be entitled
to a corresponding fractional vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a
meeting of shareholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the
shares of any class or classes are limited or denied by the articles of
incorporation as permitted by the Nevada Business Corporation Code. Cumulative
voting shall not be permitted in the election of directors or for any other
purpose.

         At each election of directors, that number of candidates equaling the
number of directors to be elected, having the highest number of votes cast in
favor of their election, shall be elected to the board of directors.

         Except as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a
finding that the purpose of this Section would not be violated in the
circumstances presented to the court, the shares of the corporation are not
entitled to be voted if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second
corporation, domestic or foreign, and the first corporation owns, directly or
indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the
second corporation except to the extent the second corporation holds the shares
in a fiduciary capacity.

         Redeemable shares are not entitled to be voted after notice of
redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares
has been deposited with a bank, trust company or other financial institution
under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on
surrender of the shares.

         SECTION 11. CORPORATION'S ACCEPTANCE OF VOTES. If the name signed on a
vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation
corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good
faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or
proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder.
If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy
appointment revocation does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the
corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the
vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation and to
give it effect as the act of the shareholder if:

         (i) the shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be
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         (ii) the name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor,
         guardian or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the
         corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the
         corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent,
         waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation;

         (iii) the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in
         bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests,
         evidence of this status acceptable to the corporation has been
         presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment
         or proxy appointment revocation;

         (iv) the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner
         or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the corporation
         requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory's
         authority to sign for the shareholder has been presented with respect
         to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment
         revocation;

         (v) two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or
         fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one
         of the co-tenants or fiduciaries, and the person signing appears to be
         acting on behalf of all the co-tenants or fiduciaries; or

         (vi) the acceptance of the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or
         proxy appointment revocation is otherwise proper under rules
         established by the corporation that are not inconsistent with this
         Section 11.

         The corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, proxy
appointment or proxy appointment revocation if the secretary or other officer or
agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis
for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory's
authority to sign for the shareholder.

         Neither the corporation nor its officers nor any agent who accepts or
rejects a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment
revocation in good faith and in accordance with the standards of this Section is
liable in damages for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

         SECTION 12. INFORMAL ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a
meeting if a written consent (or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the
action so taken is signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with
respect to the subject matter thereof and received by the corporation. Such
consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the
shareholders and may be stated as such in any document. Action taken under this
Section 12 is effective as of the date the last writing necessary to effect the
action is received by the corporation, unless all of the writings specify a
different effective date, in which case such specified date shall be the
effective date for such action. If any shareholder revokes his consent as
provided for herein prior to what would otherwise be the effective date, the
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invalid. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action
without a meeting is the date the corporation first receives a writing upon
which the action is taken.

         Any shareholder who has signed a writing describing and consenting to
action taken pursuant to this Section 12 may revoke such consent by a writing
signed by the shareholder describing the action and stating that the
shareholder's prior consent thereto is revoked, if such writing is received by
the corporation before the effectiveness of the action.

         SECTION 13. MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATION. Any or all of the
shareholders may participate in an annual or special shareholders' meeting by,
or the meeting may be conducted through the use of, any means of communication
by which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other during the
meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be
present in person at the meeting.

                                   ARTICLE III
                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS. All corporate powers shall be exercised by
or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed under the direction of, its board of directors, except as otherwise
provided in the Nevada General Corporation Law or the articles of incorporation.

         SECTION 2. NOMINATION FOR DIRECTORS AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.

                  (a) Nominations for directors to be elected may be made at a
meeting of shareholders only by (i) the board of directors (or any committee
thereof), or (ii) a shareholder of the corporation entitled to vote for the
election of directors at the meeting who complies with the procedure set forth
in Section 2(b) of this Article III of these bylaws. Business may be conducted
at a meeting of the shareholders of the corporation only if such business (i)
was specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by the
board of directors, (ii) is otherwise properly brought before the meeting by the
board of directors, or (iii) is otherwise properly brought before the meeting by
a shareholder of the corporation in accordance with the procedure set forth in
Section 2(b) of this Article III of these bylaws. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
at any time prior to the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders, the
board of directors may designate a substitute nominee to replace any bona fide
nominee who was nominated as set forth above and who, for any reason, becomes
unavailable for election as a director.

                  (b) Beginning with the annual meeting of the shareholders to
be held in 2000 and without limitation of the applicable provisions of the
federal securities laws, nominations by shareholders for directors to be
elected, or proposals by shareholders to be considered, at a meeting of
shareholders and which have not been previously approved by the board of
directors must be submitted to the secretary of the corporation in writing,
either by personal delivery, nationally-recognized express mail or United States
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respect to an election to be held, or a proposal to be considered, at an annual
meeting of shareholders, the latest date upon which shareholder proposals must
be submitted to the corporation for inclusion in the corporation's proxy
statement relating to such meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable rules or regulations under
the federal securities laws or, if no suc  rules apply, at least ninety (90)
days prior to the date one year from the date of the immediately preceding
annual meeting of shareholders, and (ii) with respect to an election to be held,
or a proposal to be considered, at a special meeting of shareholders, the close
of business on the tenth day following the date on which notice of such meeting
is first given to shareholders. Each such nomination or proposal shall set
forth: (i) the name and address of the shareholder making the nomination or
proposal and the person or persons nominated, or the subject matter of the
proposal submitted; (ii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of
record of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to vote for the person or
persons nominated, or the proposal submitted; (iii) a description of all
arrangements and understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any
other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nomination was made, or the proposal was submitted, by the shareholder; (iv)
such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as
would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the
proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee been
nominated by the board of directors; and (v) the consent of each nominee to
serve as a director of the corporation if so elected. All late nominations and
proposals shall be rejected.

         SECTION 3. NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND TENURE. The number of directors
of the Corporation shall be at least one (1), with the exact number of directors
and their respective classifications to be determined from time to time by
resolution adopted by the board of directors of the corporation. The directors
shall be divided into four classes, designated Class I, Class II, Class III and
Class IV. Each class shall consist as nearly as may be possible, of one-fourth
(1/4) of the total number of directors constituting the board of directors (the
"Full Board"). The term of the initial Class I directors terminated on the date
of the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and shall terminate thereafter for
four-year terms; the term of the initial Class II directors terminated on the
date of the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and shall terminate thereafter
for four-year terms; the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate
on the date of the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter for
four-year terms; the term of the initial Class IV directors shall terminate on
the date of the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and thereafter for four-year
terms. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be
apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each
class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional directors of any class
elected to fill a vacancy resulting from and increase in such class shall hold
office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but
in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any
incumbent director. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for
the year in which his/her term expires and until his/her successor shall be
elected and shall qualify, subject however, to prior death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

         A director shall be a natural person who is eighteen years of age or
older. A director need not be a resident of Nevada or a shareholder of the
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         SECTION 4. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be removed in the
manner provided by the Nevada General Corporation Law (Nevada Revised Statutes
Section 78.335, as may be amended from time to time). Any director may be
removed by the shareholders of the voting group that elected the director, with
or without cause, at a meeting called for that purpose. The notice of the
meeting shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is
removal of the director.

         SECTION 5. VACANCIES. Any director may resign at any time by giving
written notice to the secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time
the notice is received by the secretary unless the notice specifies a later
effective date. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the
corporation's acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.

         Any vacancy on the board of directors, howsoever resulting (including
vacancies created as a result of a resolution of the board of directors
increasing the authorized number of directors), may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term
that shall coincide with the term of the class to which such director shall have
elected.

         SECTION 6. REGULAR MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the board of
directors shall be held without notice immediately after and at the same place
as the annual meeting of shareholders. The board of directors may provide by
resolution the time and place, either within or outside Nevada, for the holding
of additional regular meetings without other notice.

         SECTION 7. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors
may be called by or at the request of the president or any one (1) of the
directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the
board of directors may fix any place, either within or outside Nevada, as the
place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by them.

         SECTION 8. NOTICE. Notice of the date, time and place of any special
meeting shall be given to each director at least two days prior to the meeting
by written notice either personally delivered or mailed to each director at his
business address, or by notice transmitted by private courier, telegraph, telex,
electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless
communication. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given and to be
effective on the earlier of (i) five days after such notice is deposited in the
United States mail, properly addressed, with first class postage prepaid, or
(ii) the date shown on the return receipt, if mailed by registered or certified
mail return receipt requested, provided that the return receipt is signed by the
director to whom the notice is addressed. If notice is given by telex,
electronically transmitted facsimile or other similar form of wire or wireless
communication, such notice shall be deemed to be given and to be effective when
sent, and with respect to a telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be given
and to be effective when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. If
a director has designated in writing one or more reasonable addresses or
facsimile numbers for delivery of notice to him, notice sent by mail, telegraph,
telex, electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless
communication shall not be deemed to have been given or to be effective unless
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A director may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of
the meeting by a writing signed by such director. Such waiver shall be delivered
to the secretary for filing with the corporate records, but such delivery and
filing shall not be conditions to the effectiveness of the waiver. Further, a
director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required
notice to him of the meeting unless at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly
upon his later arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or
transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective
notice and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the
meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the
notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

         SECTION 9. QUORUM. A majority of the number of directors fixed by the
board of directors pursuant to Article III, Section 2 or, if no number is fixed,
a majority of the number in office immediately before the meeting begins, shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board
of directors.

         SECTION 10. MANNER OF ACTING. Except as otherwise specified below, the
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members
of the board of directors shall be necessary for the board of directors to
effectuate or authorize corporate action by the corporation. The following
actions of the corporation shall require the affirmative vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors: (i) the
amendment of any provision of the bylaws; (ii) the merger of the corporation or
any subsidiary thereof into each other or into any other entity; (iii) the sale
of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the assets of the corporation or of
any subsidiary, either alone or in the aggregate; (iv) the purchase of assets
with a value of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the corporation's assets
at the time of such purchase; or (v) any other similar action that would have a
material impact on the corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

         SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. By resolution of the board of directors, any
director may be paid any one or more of the following: his expenses, if any, of
attendance at meetings, a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting, a stated
salary as director, or such other compensation as the corporation and the
director may reasonably agree upon. No such payment shall preclude any director
from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.

         SECTION 12. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A director of the corporation who is
present at a meeting of the board of directors or committee of the board at
which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented
to all action taken at the meeting unless (i) the director objects at the
beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his arrival, to the holding of the
meeting or the transaction of business at the meeting and does not thereafter
vote for or assent to any action taken at the meeting, (ii) the director
contemporaneously requests that his dissent or abstention as to any specific
action taken be entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director
causes written notice of his dissent or abstention as to any specific action to
be received by the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or by
the secretary promptly after the adjournment of the meeting. A director may
dissent to a specific action at a meeting, while assenting to others. The right
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board of directors or a committee of the board shall not be available to a
director who voted in favor of such action.

         SECTION 13. COMMITTEES. By resolution adopted by a majority of all the
directors in office when the action is taken, the board of directors may
designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other
committees, and appoint one or more members of the board of directors to serve
on them. To the extent provided in the resolution, each committee shall have all
the authority of the board of directors, except that no such committee shall
have the authority to (i) authorize distributions, (ii) approve or propose to
shareholders actions or proposals required by the Nevada General Corporation Law
to be approved by shareholders, (iii) fill vacancies on the board of directors
or any committee thereof, (iv) amend articles of incorporation, (v) adopt, amend
or repeal the bylaws, (vi) authorize or approve the reacquisition of shares
unless pursuant to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors, or
(vii) authorize or approve the issuance or sale of shares, or contract for the
sale of shares or determine the designations and relative rights, preferences
and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the board of
directors may authorize a committee or officer to do so within limits
specifically prescribed by the board of directors. The committee shall then have
full power within the limits set by the board of directors to adopt any final
resolution setting forth all preferences, limitations and relative rights of
such class or series and to authorize an amendment of the articles of
incorporation stating the preferences, limitations and relative rights of a
class or series for filing with the Secretary of State under the Nevada General
Corporation Law.

         Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 13 of Article III, which govern meetings,
notice, waiver of notice, quorum, voting requirements and action without a
meeting of the board of directors, shall apply to committees and their members
appointed under this Section 12.

         Neither the designation of any such committee, the delegation of
authority to such committee, nor any action by such committee pursuant to its
authority shall alone constitute compliance by any member of the board of
directors or a member of the committee in question with his responsibility to
conform to the standard of care set forth in Article III, Section 15 of these
bylaws.

         The Board, by resolution, may designate an executive committee,
nominating committee and any other committee, each consisting of two or more
members, at least one of which shall also be a member of the Board of Directors.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, each such committee shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board.

         SECTION 14. INFORMAL ACTION BY DIRECTORS. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors or any committee designated
by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent
(or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the action so taken is signed by all
of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the action taken. Such consent
shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors or
committee members and may be stated as such in any document. Unless the consent
specifies a different effective time or date, action taken under this Section 13
is effective at the time or date the last director signs a writing describing
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revoked his consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the
president or the secretary of the corporation.

         SECTION 15. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. The board of directors may permit any
director (or any member of a committee designated by the board) to participate
in a regular or special meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof
through the use of any means of communication by which all directors
participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting. A director
participating in a meeting in this manner is deemed to be present in person at
the meeting.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                               OFFICERS AND AGENTS

         SECTION 1. GENERAL. The officers of the corporation shall be a
president, a secretary and a treasurer, and may also include one or more vice
presidents, each of which officer shall be appointed by the board of directors
and shall be a natural person eighteen years of age or older. One person may
hold more than one office. The board of directors or an officer or officers so
authorized by the board may appoint such other officers, assistant officers,
committees and agents, including a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the
board, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, as they may consider
necessary. Except as expressly prescribed by these bylaws, the board of
directors or the officer or officers authorized by the board shall from time to
time determine the procedure for the appointment of officers, their authority
and duties and their compensation, provided that the board of directors may
change the authority, duties and compensation of any officer who is not
appointed by the board.

         SECTION 2. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the
corporation to be appointed by the board of directors shall be appointed at each
annual meeting of the board held after each annual meeting of the shareholders.
If the appointment of officers is not made at such meeting or if an officer or
officers are to be appointed by another officer or officers of the corporation,
such appointments shall be made as determined by the board of directors or the
appointing person or persons. Each officer shall hold office until the first of
the following occurs: his successor shall have been duly appointed and
qualified, his death, his resignation, or his removal in the manner provided in
Section 3.

         SECTION 3. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. An officer may resign at any time
by giving written notice of resignation to the president, secretary or other
person who appoints such officer. The resignation is effective when the notice
is received by the corporation unless the notice specifies a later effective
date.

         Any officer or agent may be removed at any time with or without cause
by the board of directors or an officer or officers authorized by the board.
Such removal does not affect the contract rights, if any, of the corporation or
of the person so removed. The appointment of an officer or agent shall not in
itself create contract rights.

         SECTION 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office, however occurring, may
be filled by the board of directors, or by the officer or officers authorized by
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portion of the officer's term. If an officer resigns and his resignation is made
effective at a later date, the board of directors, or officer or officers
authorized by the board, may permit the officer to remain in office until the
effective date and may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the
board of directors or officer or officers authorized by the board provide that
the successor shall not take office until the effective date. In the
alternative, the board of directors, or officer or officers authorized by the
board of directors, may remove the officer at any time before the effective date
and may fill the resulting vacancy.

         SECTION 5. PRESIDENT. The president shall preside at all meetings of
shareholders and all meetings of the board of directors unless the board of
directors has appointed a chairman, vice chairman, or other officer of the board
and has authorized such person to preside at meetings of the board of directors.
Subject to the direction and supervision of the board of directors, the
president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, and shall
have general and active control of its affairs and business and general
supervision of its officers, agents and employees. Unless otherwise directed by
the board of directors, the president shall attend in person or by substitute
appointed by him, or shall execute on behalf of the corporation written
instruments appointing a proxy or proxies to represent the corporation, at all
meetings of the stockholders of any other corporation in which the corporation
holds any stock. On behalf of the corporation, the president may in person or by
substitute or by proxy execute written waivers of notice and consents with
respect to any such meetings. At all such meetings and otherwise, the president,
in person or by substitute or proxy, may vote the stock held by the corporation,
execute written consents and other instruments with respect to such stock, and
exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of said stock,
subject to the instructions, if any, of the board of directors. The president
shall have custody of the treasurer's bond, if any. The president shall have
such additional authority and duties as are appropriate and customary for the
office of president and chief executive officer, except as the same may be
expanded or limited by the board of directors from time to time.

         SECTION 6. VICE PRESIDENTS. The vice presidents shall assist the
president and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the
president or by the board of directors. In the absence of the president, the
vice president, if any (or, if more than one, the vice presidents in the order
designated by the board of directors, or if the board makes no such designation,
then the vice president designated by the president, or if neither the board nor
the president makes any such designation, the senior vice president as
determined by first election to that office), shall have the powers and perform
the duties of the president.

         SECTION 7. SECRETARY. The secretary shall (i) prepare and maintain as
permanent records the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and the
board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board
of directors without a meeting, a record of all actions taken by a committee of
the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the
corporation, and a record of all waivers of notice of meetings of shareholders
and of the board of directors or any committee thereof, (ii) see that all
notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws and as
required by law, (iii) serve as custodian of the corporate records and of the
seal of the corporation and affix the seal to all documents when authorized by
the board of directors, (iv) keep at the corporation's registered office or
principal place of business a record containing the names and addresses of all
shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of shareholders
arranged by voting group and by class or series of shares within each voting
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that is alphabetical within each class or series and that shows the address of,
and the number of shares of each class or series held by, each shareholder,
unless such a record shall be kept at the office of the corporation's transfer
agent or registrar, (v) maintain at the corporation's principal office the
originals or copies of the corporation's articles of incorporation, bylaws,
minutes of all shareholders' meetings and records of all action taken by
shareholders without a meeting for the past three years, all written
communications within the past three years to shareholders as a group or to the
holders of any class or series of shares as a group, a list of the names and
business addresses of the current directors and officers, a copy of the
corporation's most recent corporate report filed with the Secretary of State,
and financial statements showing in reasonable detail the corporation's assets
and liabilities and results of operations for the last three years, (vi) have
general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation, unless the
corporation has a transfer agent, (vii) authenticate records of the corporation,
and (viii) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of secretary
and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the
president or by the board of directors. Assistant secretaries, if any, shall
have the same duties and powers, subject to supervision by the secretary. The
directors and/or shareholders may however respectively designate a person other
than the secretary or assistant secretary to keep the minutes of their
respective meetings.

         Any books, records, or minutes of the corporation may be in written
form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time.

         SECTION 8. TREASURER. The treasurer shall be the principal financial
officer of the corporation, shall have the care and custody of all funds,
securities, evidences of indebtedness and other personal property of the
corporation and shall deposit the same in accordance with the instructions of
the board of directors. Subject to the limits imposed by the board of directors,
he shall receive and give receipts and acquittances for money paid in on account
of the corporation, and shall pay out of the corporation's funds on hand all
bills, payrolls and other just debts of the corporation of whatever nature upon
maturity. He shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the
treasurer and, upon request of the board, shall make such reports to it as may
be required at any time. He shall, if required by the board, give the
corporation a bond in such sums and with such sureties as shall be satisfactory
to the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and for
the restoration to the corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging
to the corporation. He shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the board of directors or the
president. The assistant treasurers, if any, shall have the same powers and
duties, subject to the supervision of the treasurer.

         The treasurer shall also be the principal accounting officer of the
corporation. He shall prescribe and maintain the methods and systems of
accounting to be followed, keep complete books and records of account as
required by the Nevada General Corporation Law, prepare and file all local,
state and federal tax returns, prescribe and maintain an adequate system of
internal audit and prepare and furnish to the president and the board of
directors statements of account showing the financial position of the
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                                    ARTICLE V
                                      STOCK

         SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES. The board of directors shall be authorized to
issue any of its classes of shares with or without certificates. The fact that
the shares are not represented by certificates shall have no effect on the
rights and obligations of shareholders. If the shares are represented by
certificates, such shares shall be represented by consecutively numbered
certificates signed, either manually or by facsimile, in the name of the
corporation by the president. In case any officer who has signed or whose
facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to
be such officer before such certificate is issued, such certificate may
nonetheless be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such
officer at the date of its issue. All certificates shall be consecutively
numbered, and the names of the owners, the number of shares, and the date of
issue shall be entered on the books of the corporation. Each certificate
representing shares shall state upon its face:

         (i)      at the corporation is organized under the laws of Nevada;

         (ii)     The name of the person to whom issued;

         (iii)    The number and class of the shares and the designation of the
                  series, if any, that the certificate represents;

         (iv)     The par value, if any, of each share represented by the
                  certificate;

         (v)      Any restrictions imposed by the corporation upon the transfer
                  of the shares represented by the certificate.

         If shares are not represented by certificates, within a reasonable time
following the issue or transfer of such shares, the corporation shall send the
shareholder a complete written statement of all of the information required to
be provided to holders of uncertificated shares by the Nevada General
Corporation Law.

         SECTION 2. CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES. Certificated or uncertificated
shares shall not be issued until the shares represented thereby are fully paid.
The board of directors may authorize the issuance of shares for consideration
consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation,
including cash, promissory notes, services performed or other securities of the
corporation. Future services shall not constitute payment or partial payment for
shares of the corporation. The promissory note of a subscriber or an affiliate
of a subscriber shall not constitute payment or partial payment for shares of
the corporation unless the note is negotiable and is secured by collateral,
other than the shares being purchased, having a fair market value at least equal
to the principal amount of the note. For purposes of this Section 2, "promissory
note" means a negotiable instrument on which there is an obligation to pay
independent of collateral and does not include a non-recourse note.

         SECTION 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. In case of the alleged loss, destruction
or mutilation of a certificate of stock, the board of directors may direct the
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thereof upon such terms and conditions in conformity with law as the board may
prescribe. The board of directors may in its discretion require an affidavit of
lost certificate and/or a bond in such form and amount and with such surety as
it may determine before issuing a new certificate.

         SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Upon surrender to the corporation or to
a transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate of stock duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to
transfer, and receipt of such documentary stamps as may be required by law and
evidence of compliance with all applicable securities laws and other
restrictions, the corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person
entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate. Every such transfer of stock
shall be entered on the stock books of the corporation which shall be kept at
its principal office or by the person and at the place designated by the board
of directors.

         Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article II, Sections 7 and
11, and except for the assertion of dissenters' rights to the extent provided in
Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 92A.300 to 92A.500, the corporation shall be
entitled to treat the registered holder of any shares of the corporation as the
owner thereof for all purposes, and the corporation shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such shares or rights
deriving from such shares on the part of any person other than the registered
holder, including without limitation any purchaser, assignee or transferee of
such shares or rights deriving from such shares, unless and until such other
person becomes the registered holder of such shares, whether or not the
corporation shall have either actual or constructive notice of the claimed
interest of such other person.

         SECTION 5. TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRARS AND PAYING AGENTS. The board may
at its discretion appoint one or more transfer agents, registrars and agents for
making payment upon any class of stock, bond, debenture or other security of the
corporation. Such agents and registrars may be located either within or outside
Nevada. They shall have such rights and duties and shall be entitled to such
compensation as may be agreed.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

         SECTION 1. GENERAL: Every person who was or is a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation or of any other corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in which he served as such at the
request of the corporation, and in which the corporation owned or owns stocks or
other beneficial or legal interests or of which the corporation is a creditor,
may be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent allowed by the
Nevada General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, against any and
all liability and reasonable expense (which terms include, but are not limited
to, counsel fees, disbursements and the amount of judgments, fines and penalties
against, and amounts paid in settlement by, such person) incurred by him in
connection with or resulting from any civil or criminal claim, action, suit or
proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or such other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or enterprise, in which he may be
involved as a party or otherwise by reason of his being or having been such
director, officer or employee if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, in a criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable
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The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent shall
not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation or that he had reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful. Indemnification as provided by this Section shall be made
by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case, and only upon a
determination that the person claiming indemnification met the applicable
standards of conduct set forth herein. Such determination shall be made in the
manner provided by the Nevada General Corporation Law.

         SECTION 2. ADVANCING EXPENSES: Expenses incurred in connection with a
claim, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition thereof if authorized by the board of directors in the specific case
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of a person who may be entitled
to indemnification to repay such expenses unless he is ultimately determined to
be entitled to indemnification.

         SECTION 3. BENEFIT TO SURVIVE: The rights of indemnification provided
herein shall survive the death of the person otherwise entitled thereto and
shall extend to his legal representatives and heirs.

         SECTION 4.  GENERAL PROVISIONS:

                  (a) The term "to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law," as used in this Article, shall mean the maximum extent permitted by public
policy, common law or statute. Any person covered by Section 1 hereof may, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, elect to have the right to
indemnification or to advancement or reimbursement of expenses, interpreted, at
such person's option, (i) on the basis of the applicable law on the date this
Article was approved by stockholders, or (ii) on the basis of the applicable law
in effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to
the action, suit or proceeding, or (iii) on the basis of the applicable law in
effect at the time indemnification is sought.

                  (b) The indemnification and advancement or reimbursement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement or reimbursement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, both as to action in
such official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that
office.

                  (c) The provisions of this Article may, at any time (and
whether before or after there is any basis for a claim for indemnification or
for the advancement or reimbursement of expenses pursuant hereto), be amended,
supplemented, waived, or terminated, in whole or in part, with respect to any
person covered by Section 1 hereof by a written agreement signed by the
corporation and such person.

                  (d) The corporation shall have the right to appoint the
attorney for a person covered by Section 1 hereof, provided such appointment is
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         SECTION 5. OPTIONAL INDEMNIFICATION: The corporation may, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, and advance or reimburse
expenses for, persons in all situations other than that covered by this Article.

         SECTION 6. WITNESS EXPENSES. The sections of this Article VI do not
limit the corporation's authority to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a
director in connection with an appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time
when he has not been made or named as a defendant or respondent in the
proceeding.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                                    INSURANCE

         SECTION 1. PROVISION OF INSURANCE. By action of the board of directors,
notwithstanding any interest of the directors in the action, the corporation may
purchase and maintain insurance, in such scope and amounts as the board of
directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, or who, while a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any other foreign or domestic profit or
nonprofit corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, profit or
nonprofit unincorporated association, limited liability company, other
enterprise or employee benefit plan, against any liability asserted against, or
incurred by, him in that capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such
liability under the provisions of Article VI or applicable law. Any such
insurance may be procured from any insurance company designated by the board of
directors of the corporation, whether such insurance company is formed under the
laws of Nevada or any other jurisdiction of the United States or elsewhere,
including any insurance company in which the corporation has an equity interest
or any other interest, through stock ownership or otherwise.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                       ACQUISITION OF CONTROLLING INTEREST

         Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.378(1), the Corporation
elects not to be governed by the provisions of Nevada state law applicable to
the acquisition of a controlling interest in the stock of the Corporation, as
set forth in Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 78.378 to 78.3793.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 1. SEAL. The board of directors may adopt a corporate seal,
which shall contain the name of the corporation and the words, "Seal, Nevada."

         SECTION 2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as
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         SECTION 3. AMENDMENTS. The board of directors shall have power, to the
maximum extent permitted by the Nevada General Corporation Law, to make, amend
and repeal the bylaws of the corporation at any regular or special meeting of
the board acting in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws.

         SECTION 4. RECEIPT OF NOTICES BY THE CORPORATION. Notices, shareholder
writings consenting to action, and other documents or writings shall be deemed
to have been received by the corporation when they are actually received: (1) at
the registered office of the corporation in Nevada; (2) at the principal office
of the corporation (as that office is designated in the most recent document
filed by the corporation with the secretary of state for Nevada designating a
principal office) addressed to the attention of the secretary of the
corporation; (3) by the secretary of the corporation wherever the secretary may
be found; or (4) by any other person authorized from time to time by the board
of directors or the president to receive such writings, wherever such person is
found.

         SECTION 5. GENDER. The masculine gender is used in these bylaws as a
matter of convenience only and shall be interpreted to include the feminine and
neuter genders as the circumstances indicate.

         SECTION 6. CONFLICTS. In the event of any irreconcilable conflict
between these bylaws and either the corporation's articles of incorporation or
applicable law, the latter shall control.

         SECTION 7. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
these bylaws, all terms used in these bylaws shall have the same definition as
in the Nevada General Corporation Law.



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