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MN Stat § 315.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.40 — Employee Benefits.

315.40 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. A religious society, religious association, or religious corporation may, when authorized by its members, support and pay benefits to its ministers, teachers, and other employees, or those of a congregation or educational, benevolent, charitable, or other body affiliated with it or under its jurisdiction; pay benefits to their surviving spouse, children, or other dependents or beneficiaries; collect contributions and other payments; and create, invest, manage, and disburse necessary endowment, reserve, and other funds for these purposes. The insurance laws of this state do not apply to the operations of a society, association or corporation under this section. History:  (8002-4) 1929 c 180; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 315.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.41 — Camp Meeting Associations; Formation; Capital Stock.

315.41 CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATIONS; FORMATION; CAPITAL STOCK. Camp or grove meetings, Sunday school assemblies, or societies for religious instruction or worship, and for mutual improvement in moral, literary, or social culture, may incorporate under this chapter. The amount of capital stock must be at least $5,000, divided into shares of not less than $10 nor more than $50 and paid in as provided in its bylaws. History:  (7909) RL s 3114; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.42 — Tax Exempt; No Streets Through Property.

315.42 TAX EXEMPT; NO STREETS THROUGH PROPERTY. Property necessarily used by such a corporation, and not leased or used for profit, is exempt from taxation. No roads or streets shall be laid through the property without the consent of the corporation's governing board. History:  (7910) RL s 3115; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.44 — Ymca, Ywca; Formation, Certificate.

315.44 YMCA, YWCA; FORMATION, CERTIFICATE. Three or more persons may form a corporation known as a Young Men's Christian Association or a Young Women's Christian Association by adopting, signing, and acknowledging a certificate of incorporation containing: (1) the names and places of residence of the incorporators; (2) the name of the corporation, the location of its principal place of business, and the period of its duration; (3) the objects of its organization expressly stated; (4) the number of its directors, not less than five, who shall manage its affairs, how and when elected, and the time and place of annual meetings; and (5) the terms of admission to active membership. The certificate must be recorded with the county recorder of the county of its principal place of business. History:  (8003) RL s 3164; 1963 c 635 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1; 1987 c 49 s 7; 1994 c 438 s 9; 2005 c 4 s 53
MN Stat § 315.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.45 — Classification Of Members.

315.45 CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS. The directors may in their bylaws divide the members into active, senior, junior, associate, and other convenient classes, and determine the qualifications for associate membership and provide rules for the trial and expulsion of members. Only active members may vote or hold office in the corporation. History:  (8004) RL s 3165; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.46 — Board Of Trustees May Manage Real Property.

315.46 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY MANAGE REAL PROPERTY. An association may create a board of trustees to control its property. The board shall consist of at least five trustees, of whom the president of the association is one ex officio. Each trustee must be a member in good standing of some Protestant Evangelical church. No more than three members, exclusive of the president, and in no case a majority, may be members of any one denomination. The first board of trustees must be elected at a regular meeting of the association by a majority vote of the members entitled to vote present and voting. It shall hold office for the time prescribed by its bylaws. Vacancies must be filled by a majority vote of the remaining trustees from nominations made by the board of directors or managers. History:  (8005) RL s 3166; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.47 — Property Rights.

315.47 PROPERTY RIGHTS. The board shall control the real property of the association and other property its board of directors or trustees may designate. Real property belonging to the association must not be conveyed, disposed of, or mortgaged without the consent of the board, and it is not liable for a debt or obligation of the association unless the debt is contracted with its approval. Property and its income under the control of the board must be devoted only to the purposes of the association. So long as the directors and managers of the association spend it for these purposes, the income must be paid over to the treasurer of the board of directors or managers. History:  (8006) RL s 3167; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.48 — Reincorporation.

315.48 REINCORPORATION. A religious society now conducting its affairs as a Young Men's Christian Association or a Young Women's Christian Association may reincorporate under sections 315.44 to 315.47. The new certificate of incorporation must be executed by all the directors of the association. Upon reincorporation the property of the society passes to and vests in the corporation so formed. History:  (8007) RL s 3168; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1; 1987 c 49 s 8
MN Stat § 315.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.50 — Consolidation Of Church Conferences.

315.50 CONSOLIDATION OF CHURCH CONFERENCES. Subdivision 1. Church names. Upon the consolidation or merger of two or more church conferences, a subordinate or affiliate religious corporation formerly under the governance of one of them may use the name, or appropriate part of it, of the consolidated or merged church conference as part of its name in place of that of the consolidating or merging church conference. Deeds, mortgages, contracts and other legal documents executed by the subordinate or affiliate corporation using the new name are legal and binding on the subordinate or affiliate corporation to the same extent as if they had been executed in the old name of the subordinate or affiliate religious corporation. Subd. 2. Affidavit. A member of the subordinate or affiliate religious corporation may file with the county recorder of the county where it is located and also where it owns property an affidavit stating (1) its corporate name and book and page where recorded, (2) the names of the consolidating or merging church conferences, (3) the name of the consolidated or merged church conference, (4) its name as used following the consolidation or merger, including the name of the consolidated or merged church conference, or part of it, (5) that the affidavit is made pursuant to this section, and (6) the text of subdivision 1. History:  1969 c 830 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 315.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 315 — Religious Societies|Section 315.51 — Jcc; Definition.

315.51 JCC; DEFINITION. A "JCC" means a nonprofit religious organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 known as the Jewish Community Center of Greater Minneapolis or the Jewish Community Center of Greater St. Paul and organized for the purpose of serving the cultural, educational, and recreational needs of the Jewish community. History:   1996 c 471 art 2 s 24
MN Stat § 316.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.01 — Mode Of Prosecution.

316.01 MODE OF PROSECUTION. Foreign corporations may prosecute in the courts of this state in the same manner as domestic corporations and neither shall maintain an action upon an obligation or liability arising out of, or in consideration of, an act which is contrary to law or public policy or forbidden to the other. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, actions against them shall be commenced by summons, and proceed in the same manner as civil actions against natural persons. History:  (8009) RL s 3169
MN Stat § 316.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.02 — Mandatory And Restraining Orders.

316.02 MANDATORY AND RESTRAINING ORDERS. Upon complaint filed under the direction of the attorney general in any district court, such court may restrain by injunction any corporation from assuming or exercising any franchise, liberty, or privilege, or transacting any business not authorized by its act of incorporation; and may restrain any individuals from exercising any corporate rights, privileges, or franchises not granted them by law. Such injunction may be issued before answer upon satisfactory proof that the defendant has usurped, exercised, or claimed any franchise, privilege, liberty, or corporate right not granted to it. History:  (8010) RL s 3170
MN Stat § 316.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.03 — Power Of Court Over Corporation Officers.

316.03 POWER OF COURT OVER CORPORATION OFFICERS. In any case affecting a corporation the district court may: (1) require any officer thereof to account for official conduct in the management and disposition of any funds or property of the corporation at any time in the officer's charge or possession; (2) compel any such officer to pay to such corporation or to its representative all funds, and the value of all property acquired and held, or transferred to others, or lost, wasted, or damaged in violation of official duty; (3) suspend any such officer whenever it appears that a violation of the officer's trust has occurred; (4) remove any such officer upon conviction or satisfactory proof of gross misconduct; (5) cause an election to be held to fill any vacancy created by such removal, when deemed necessary, in which case it shall appoint a disinterested person to conduct the same under its direction, and, in case of suspension or removal of a majority of the managing board, it may appoint a temporary receiver to act until such suspension shall terminate, in the one case, and, in the other, until the vacancies shall have been filled by new officers duly elected and qualifying; (6) set aside any unauthorized or unlawful alienation of property made by any officer thereof whenever satisfied that the alienee knew or had reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance was unauthorized or illegal; (7) restrain and prevent any such alienation, threatened or intended; and (8) cause a meeting of its managing board, stockholders, or members to be held when deemed necessary for the preservation of its property or protection of its interests. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to impair any visitorial power or authority over any corporation vested by law in any corporate body or public officer. History:  (8011) RL s 3171; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 316.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.04 — Appeal, Effect.

316.04 APPEAL, EFFECT. An appeal from an order or judgment removing an officer or trustee, under section 316.03, shall not operate to stay its effect or any proceeding under it; but the term of office of any officer, director, or trustee elected thereunder to fill a vacancy, or of any receiver appointed, shall be terminated by a reversal or vacation of such order of judgment. History:  (8012) RL s 3172
MN Stat § 316.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.05 — Sequestration; Receiver; Distribution.

316.05 SEQUESTRATION; RECEIVER; DISTRIBUTION. Upon complaint of a person obtaining judgment against a corporation, or the person's representatives, made after the return unsatisfied of an execution issued thereon, the court may sequestrate the stock, property, things in action, and effects of such corporation and appoint a receiver of the same; and, upon final judgment upon any such complaint, the court shall order the property remaining, or the proceeds thereof, to be disposed of under its direction, proportionately, in the following order: (1) in payment of the costs and expenses of the receivership; (2) debts due the United States and the state of Minnesota, if any; (3) taxes and assessments, if any; (4) claims duly proved and allowed of employees sustaining injury in the course of their employment and entitled to compensation under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act; provided, that claims under this clause shall not be allowed if the corporation carried workers' compensation insurance, as provided by law, at the time the injury was sustained; (5) claims, including cash value of all compensation paid in any medium other than cash, duly proved and allowed of clerks, servants or laborers for services performed within three months preceding the appointment of the receiver, if any; and (6) other claims duly proved and allowed. After payment of the expenses of receivership and claims of creditors duly proved, the remainder, if any there be, shall be distributed pro rata among the stockholders proving themselves entitled thereto. History:  (8013) RL s 3173; 1925 c 224; 1971 c 741 s 1; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 316.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.06 — Forfeiture Of Rights; Dissolution.

316.06 FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS; DISSOLUTION. When any railway company doing business in this state shall charge, demand, or receive unreasonable rates for the transportation of freight or passengers, or when any corporation remains insolvent, neglects or refuses to discharge its notes or other evidences of debt, or suspends its lawful business for one year, or fails to dispose of all its property with or without payment of all its debts, within the time allowed by law for the liquidation of its affairs, or whenever any corporation shall violate any provision of its articles or certificate of incorporation or any law obligatory upon it, such corporation shall forfeit all its rights, privileges, and franchises, and be adjudged to be dissolved. The attorney general shall make complaint against any corporation which shall in any manner violate any provision of this section or commit any act herein recited; and, if upon trial it is found to have committed any such acts, the court shall render judgment of forfeiture and dissolution of the corporation. Upon the trial of any action against a railway company for charging, demanding, or receiving unreasonable rates for transportation of freight or passengers, the court or jury shall find specially as to the truth of such allegations. History:  (8014) RL s 3174
MN Stat § 316.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.07 — Dissolution On Petition Of Corporation.

316.07 DISSOLUTION ON PETITION OF CORPORATION. A majority in number or interest of the members of a corporation, desiring to close their concerns and dissolve the corporation, may present a petition to the district court in the county of its principal place of business, setting forth the name of the corporation; when and by or under what law it was incorporated; the names and addresses of the bondholders, stockholders, or members; the amount of the authorized capital stock, and the amount of capital stock actually paid in; and if not then transacting business, when it ceased so to do; the amount of its indebtedness; the amount and character of its personal property; and the amount and description of its real estate. It shall also state the grounds upon which dissolution is sought and the interest of the petitioner, and pray for proper relief; provided, however, that when any corporation now or hereafter organized under any law of this state having capital stock actually paid in exceeding the sum of $40,000, and has heretofore or shall hereafter continue in the business for which it was incorporated for more than three years, and in the carrying out of such business has sustained losses whereby the capital stock so paid in has become impaired so as to be worth at least 25 percent less than its par value, then, and in any such case, the district court shall have power, and is hereby given power, to dissolve any such corporation upon petition of stockholders owning not less than 40 percent of such capital stock so paid in; provided, that such stockholders so petitioning shall have paid the full value of their stock. History:  (8015) RL s 3175; 1909 c 276 s 1
MN Stat § 316.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.08 — Hearing; Notice.

316.08 HEARING; NOTICE. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, and order three weeks' published notice thereof to be given, and such other notice to parties interested as it may deem proper. At the time and place so fixed the court shall hear the allegations and evidence of all parties interested; and, if any of the grounds specified in the petition is sustained, shall adjudge the corporation dissolved, and appoint a receiver to close its affairs. History:  (8016) RL s 3176
MN Stat § 316.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.09 — Certified Copy Of Order Filed.

316.09 CERTIFIED COPY OF ORDER FILED. A certified copy of the order or judgment of dissolution shall be filed for record with the secretary of state and thereafter recorded with the county recorder of the county of the principal place of business of the corporation, and the dissolution of the corporation shall not be deemed complete until such copy is so filed and recorded. History:  (8017) RL s 3176; 1917 c 383 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 54
MN Stat § 316.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.10 — State Interested, Proceedings.

316.10 STATE INTERESTED, PROCEEDINGS. Whenever, in any action or proceeding to dissolve a corporation, it shall appear at any stage of the proceedings that the state is, or is likely to be, interested therein, or that it is a matter of general public interest, the court shall order that a copy of the complaint or petition be served upon the attorney general in the manner of serving a summons in a civil action; and the attorney general shall intervene in any such proceeding when in the attorney general's opinion the public interest requires it, whether so notified or not. History:  (8018) RL s 3177; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 316.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.11 — Receiver, Appointment, Duties.

316.11 RECEIVER, APPOINTMENT, DUTIES. In any action or proceeding to dissolve a corporation, the court, at any time before judgment, or within three years after judgment, of dissolution, may appoint a receiver to take charge of its estate and effects and to collect the debts and property due and belonging to it, with, in addition to the powers set forth in chapter 576, power to prosecute and defend actions in its name or otherwise, to appoint agents, and do all other acts necessary to the final settlement of the unfinished business of the corporation which it might do if in being. The power of such receiver shall continue so long as the court deems necessary for such purposes. The receiver shall pay all debts due from the corporation, if the funds in hand are sufficient therefor; and, if not, the assets of the corporation or the proceeds resulting from a sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition shall be applied in the order of priority set forth in section 576.51. After payment of the expenses of the receivership and claims of creditors duly proved, the remaining assets, if any, shall be distributed to the shareholders in accordance with section 302A.551, subdivision 4. Every receiver appointed under the provisions of this section shall give bond as required by section 576.27 in such amount as the court shall require, with sureties approved by it. History:  (8019) RL s 3178; 1986 c 444; 2012 c 143 art 3 s 16
MN Stat § 316.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 316 — Corporations; Actions Respecting|Section 316.12 — Insolvent Banks And Insurance Companies.

316.12 INSOLVENT BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. When any insurance company or any corporation having banking powers, or the power to make loans on pledges or deposits, becomes insolvent or unable to pay its debts, or neglects or refuses to pay its notes or evidences of debt on demand, or violates any provision of the act under which it was incorporated, or of any other law obligatory upon it, the court may, by injunction, restrain it and its officers from exercising any of its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises, and from collecting or receiving any debts or demands, and from paying out or in any way transferring or delivering to any person any of its moneys, property, or effects, until otherwise ordered by the court. History:  (8020) RL s 3179