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FL Stat § 617.1602 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1602 - Inspection of Records by Members.

617.1602 Inspection of records by members.—(1) A member of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation’s principal office or at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the records of the corporation described in s. 617.1601(5), if the member gives the corporation written notice of his or her demand at least 10 business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy.(2) A member of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the corporation if the member meets the requirements of subsection (3) and gives the corporation written notice of his or her demand at least 10 business days before the date on which he or she wishes to inspect and copy:(a) Excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of a committee of the board of directors while acting in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, minutes of any meeting of the members, and records of action taken by the members or board of directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (1).(b) Accounting records of the corporation.(c) The record of members.(d) Any other books and records.(3) A member may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (2) only if:(a) The member’s demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;(b) The member describes with reasonable particularity his or her purpose and the records he or she desires to inspect;(c) The records are directly connected with the member’s purpose.(4) This section does not affect:(a) The right of a member in litigation with the corporation to inspect and copy records to the same extent as any other litigant.(b) The power of a court, independently of this chapter, to compel the production of corporate records for examination.(5) A corporation may deny any demand for inspection made pursuant to subsection (2) if the demand was made for an improper purpose, or if the demanding member has within 2 years preceding his or her demand sold or offered for sale any list of members of the corporation or any other corporation, has aided or abetted any person in procuring any list of members for any such purpose, or has improperly used any information secured through any prior examination of the records of the corporation or any other corporation.(6) For purposes of this section, the term “member” includes a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on his or her behalf.(7) For purposes of this section, a “proper purpose” means a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a member.History.—s. 70, ch. 93-281; s. 100, ch. 97-102; s. 50, ch. 2009-205.
FL Stat § 617.1603 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1603 - Scope of Inspection Right.

617.1603 Scope of inspection right.—(1) A member’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the member he or she represents.(2) The right to copy records under s. 617.1602 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means.(3) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the member. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. If the records are kept in other than written form, the corporation shall convert such records into written form upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same. The corporation shall bear the costs of converting any records described in s. 617.1601(5). The requesting member shall bear the costs, including the cost of compiling the information requested, incurred to convert any records described in s. 617.1602(2).(4) If requested by a member, the corporation shall comply with a member’s demand to inspect the records of members under s. 617.1602(2)(c) by providing him or her with a list of its members of the nature described in s. 617.1601(3). Such a list shall be compiled as of the last record date for which it has been compiled or as of a subsequent date if specified by the member.History.—s. 71, ch. 93-281; s. 101, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 617.1604 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1604 - Court-Ordered Inspection.

617.1604 Court-ordered inspection.—(1) If a corporation does not, within a reasonable time, allow a member to inspect and copy any record, and the member complies with any prerequisites to inspection and copying imposed by this section, the member may apply to the circuit court in the county where the corporation’s principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited summary basis.(2) If the court orders inspection or copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation and the custodian of the particular records demanded to pay the member’s costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, reasonably incurred to obtain the order and enforce its rights under this section unless the corporation, or the officer, director, or agent, as the case may be, provides that it or he or she refused inspection in good faith because it or he or she had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect or copy the records demanded.(3) If the court orders inspection or copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.History.—s. 72, ch. 93-281; s. 5, ch. 97-93; s. 102, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 617.1605 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1605 - Financial Reports for Members.

617.1605 Financial reports for members.—A corporation, upon a member’s written demand, shall furnish that member its latest annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as appropriate, and which include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year and a statement of operations for that year. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on such basis.History.—s. 73, ch. 93-281; s. 51, ch. 2009-205.
FL Stat § 617.1606 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1606 - Access to Records.

617.1606 Access to records.—Sections 617.1601-617.1605 do not apply to a corporation that is an association, as defined in s. 720.301, or a corporation regulated under chapter 718 or chapter 719.History.—s. 4, ch. 2010-174.
FL Stat § 617.1701 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1701 - Application to Existing Domestic Corporation.

617.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation.—This act applies to all domestic corporations in existence on July 1, 1991, that were incorporated under any general statute of this state providing for incorporation of corporations not for profit if power to amend or repeal the statute under which the corporation was incorporated was reserved.History.—s. 108, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.1702 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1702 - Application to Qualified Foreign Corporations.

617.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations.—A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state on July 1, 1991, is subject to this act but is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority to conduct its affairs under this act.History.—s. 110, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.1703 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1703 - Application of Chapter.

617.1703 Application of chapter.—(1)(a) This chapter is applicable to a corporation that is an association as defined in and regulated by any of chapter 718 regarding condominiums, chapter 719 regarding cooperatives, chapter 720 regarding homeowners’ associations, chapter 721 regarding timeshares, or chapter 723 regarding mobile home owners’ associations, except:1. For any conflict between the provisions of this chapter and chapter 718, chapter 719, chapter 720, chapter 721, or chapter 723; or2. As otherwise provided for in chapter 718, chapter 719, chapter 720, chapter 721, or chapter 723.(b) If subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. applies, the applicable provisions of such other respective chapters shall apply.(2) The provisions of ss. 617.0605-617.0608 do not apply to corporations regulated by any of the foregoing chapters or to any other corporation where membership in the corporation is required pursuant to a document recorded in the county property records.History.—s. 52, ch. 2009-205; s. 12, ch. 2021-13.
FL Stat § 617.1711 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1711 - Application to Foreign and Interstate Commerce.

617.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce.—The provisions of this act apply to commerce with foreign nations and among the several states only insofar as such commerce may be permitted under the Constitution and laws of the United States.History.—s. 111, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.1805 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1805 - Corporations for Profit; When May Become Corporations Not for Profit.

617.1805 Corporations for profit; when may become corporations not for profit.—Any corporation for profit incorporated under any of the laws of the state, engaged solely in carrying out the purposes and objects for which corporations not for profit are authorized under state law to carry out, may change its corporate nature from a corporation for profit to that of a corporation not for profit as defined in this act, by filing a petition in the circuit court of the county wherein its principal place of business is located in the name of the corporation signed by an officer of the corporation and under its corporate seal setting forth the purposes and objects in which it is solely engaged, and requesting that the nature of the corporation be changed. However, any corporation for profit, which has transferred, or is in the process of transferring, its functions and assets to a corporation not for profit by proceedings under this act shall, upon the recital of the facts, circumstances, and intentions surrounding such transfer proceedings in a petition filed in accordance with s. 617.1806, and the subsequent approval thereof by the circuit judge to whom presented, be deemed to have acted under this act and such corporation not for profit shall succeed to the rights, liabilities, and assets of its corporate predecessor.History.—s. 123, ch. 90-179; s. 7, ch. 95-211.
FL Stat § 617.1806 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1806 - Conversion to Corporation Not for Profit; Petition and Contents.

617.1806 Conversion to corporation not for profit; petition and contents.—A petition for conversion to a corporation not for profit pursuant to s. 617.1805 shall be accompanied by the written consent of all the shareholders authorizing the change in the corporate nature and directing an authorized officer to file such petition before the court, together with a statement agreeing to accept all the property of the petitioning corporation and agreeing to assume and pay all its indebtedness and liabilities, and the proposed articles of incorporation signed by the president and secretary of the petitioning corporation which shall set forth the provisions required in original articles of incorporation by s. 617.0202.History.—s. 124, ch. 90-179; s. 54, ch. 2009-205.
FL Stat § 617.1807 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1807 - Conversion to Corporation Not for Profit; Authority of Circuit Judge.

617.1807 Conversion to corporation not for profit; authority of circuit judge.—If the circuit judge to whom the petition and proposed articles of incorporation are presented finds that the petition and proposed articles are in proper form, he or she shall approve the articles of incorporation and endorse his or her approval thereon; such approval shall provide that all of the property of the petitioning corporation shall become the property of the successor corporation not for profit, subject to all indebtedness and liabilities of the petitioning corporation. The articles of incorporation with such endorsements thereupon shall be sent to the Department of State, which shall, upon receipt thereof and upon payment of all taxes due the state by the petitioning corporation, if any, issue a certificate showing the receipt of the articles of incorporation with the endorsement of approval thereon and of the payment of all taxes to the state. Upon payment of the filing fees specified in s. 617.0122, the Department of State shall file the articles of incorporation, and from thenceforth the petitioning corporation shall become a corporation not for profit under the name adopted in the articles of incorporation and subject to all the rights, powers, immunities, duties, and liabilities of corporations not for profit under state law, and its rights, powers, immunities, duties, and liabilities as a corporation for profit shall cease and determine.History.—s. 125, ch. 90-179; s. 103, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 617.1808 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1808 - Application of Act to Corporation Converted to Corporation Not for Profit.

617.1808 Application of act to corporation converted to corporation not for profit.—All the provisions of this act relating to corporations not for profit, except insofar as they are inconsistent with ss. 617.1805, 617.1806, and 617.1807, shall be applicable to any corporation whose character has been changed under ss. 617.1805, 617.1806, and 617.1807 and shall henceforth govern such corporation.History.—s. 126, ch. 90-179; s. 8, ch. 95-211.
FL Stat § 617.1904 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1904 - Estoppel.

617.1904 Estoppel.—No body of persons acting as a corporation shall be permitted to set up the lack of legal organization as a defense to an action against them as a corporation, nor shall any person sued on a contract made with the corporation or sued for an injury to its property or a wrong done to its interests be permitted to set up the lack of such legal organization in his or her defense.History.—s. 113, ch. 90-179; s. 104, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 617.1907 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1907 - Effect of Repeal or Amendment of Prior Acts.

617.1907 Effect of repeal or amendment of prior acts.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the repeal or amendment of a statute by this chapter does not affect:(a) The operation of the statute or any action taken under it before its repeal or amendment;(b) Any ratification, right, remedy, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the statute before its repeal or amendment;(c) Any violation of the statute, or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred because of the violation, before its repeal or amendment; or(d) Any proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution commenced before its repeal or amendment, and the proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution may be completed as if it had not been repealed or amended.(2) If a penalty or punishment imposed for violation of a statute repealed or amended by this chapter is reduced by this act, the penalty or punishment if not already imposed shall be imposed in accordance with this chapter.History.—s. 114, ch. 90-179; s. 55, ch. 2009-205.
FL Stat § 617.1908 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.1908 - Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act.

617.1908 Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act.—Except as made applicable by specific reference in any other section of this chapter, part I of chapter 607, the Florida Business Corporation Act, does not apply to any corporations not for profit.History.—s. 115, ch. 90-179; s. 76, ch. 93-281; s. 2, ch. 94-165; s. 49, ch. 2014-209.
FL Stat § 617.2001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2001 - Corporations Which May Be Incorporated Hereunder; Incorporation of Certain Medical Services Corporations.

617.2001 Corporations which may be incorporated hereunder; incorporation of certain medical services corporations.—(1) Corporations may be organized and incorporated under this act for any one or more lawful purposes not for pecuniary profit. However, corporations not for profit which may be incorporated under any other law of this state governing particular types of corporations may not be incorporated under this act.(2) A corporation not for profit organized prior to December 1, 1987, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 85-56, Laws of Florida, or to the provisions of s. 2, chapter 87-296, Laws of Florida, may conduct the practice of medicine, conduct programs of medical education, and carry on major medical research efforts.History.—s. 116, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.2002 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2002 - Corporation Not for Profit Organized Pursuant to S. 2, Ch. 87-296; Requirements.

617.2002 Corporation not for profit organized pursuant to s. 2, ch. 87-296; requirements.—A corporation not for profit organized pursuant to the provisions of s. 2, chapter 87-296, Laws of Florida, must meet the following requirements:(1) At least 25 percent of its physicians must have a full-time contract for the provision of medical services with the corporation, be currently certified as specialists by the appropriate American specialty boards accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, and have clinical privileges at one or more hospitals in this state.(2) A hospital owned by a corporation organized pursuant to s. 2, chapter 87-296, Laws of Florida, must provide Medicaid and charity care.History.—s. 117, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.2003 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2003 - Proceedings to Revoke Articles of Incorporation or Charter or Prevent Its Use.

617.2003 Proceedings to revoke articles of incorporation or charter or prevent its use.—If any member or citizen complains to the Department of Legal Affairs that any corporation organized under this act was organized or is being used as a cover to evade any of the laws against crime, or for purposes inconsistent with those stated in its articles of incorporation or charter, or that an officer or director of a corporation has participated in a sale or transaction that is affected by a conflict of interest or from which he or she derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly, and shall submit prima facie evidence to sustain such charge, together with sufficient money to cover court costs and expenses, the department shall institute and in due course prosecute to final judgment such legal or equitable proceedings as may be considered advisable either to revoke the articles of incorporation or charter, to prevent its improper use, or to recover on behalf of the corporation or its unknown beneficiaries any profits improperly received by the corporation or its officers or directors.History.—s. 118, ch. 90-179; s. 105, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 617.2004 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2004 - Extinct Churches and Religious Societies; Property.

617.2004 Extinct churches and religious societies; property.—Property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any church or any religious society belonging to any religious denomination in this state that has or shall become extinct, shall vest in and become the property of that denomination of which such church or religious society is a member. However, this section shall not affect the title to any property that is now held by any of the denominational associations or organizations of the state, and this section shall not affect the reversionary interest of any person in such property or any valid lien thereon.History.—s. 119, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.2005 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2005 - Extinct Churches and Religious Societies; Dissolution.

617.2005 Extinct churches and religious societies; dissolution.—Any church or religious society in this state which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or service, or to use its property for religious worship or services according to the tenets, usages, and customs of a church of the denomination of which it is a member in this state for the space of 2 consecutive years, or whose membership has so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible for such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to protect its property from exposure to waste and dilapidation for a period of 2 years, shall be extinct. Upon the facts being established to the satisfaction of the circuit court in and for the county in which such church or society has been situated, an order of such court may be made dissolving the church or religious society and the property of such church or society, or the property which may be held in trust for such church or society, may by court order be transferred to and the title and possession thereof vested in the denomination of which such church or society was a member. A copy of the decree of dissolution shall be filed with the Department of State.History.—s. 120, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.2007 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2007 - Sponge Packing and Marketing Corporations.

617.2007 Sponge packing and marketing corporations.—Persons engaged in the business of buying, selling, packing, and marketing commercial sponges may incorporate under this act to aid in facilitating the orderly cooperative buying, selling, packing, and marketing of commercial sponges. Such association is not a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly or an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily, and any marketing contract or agreement by the corporation and its members, or the exercise of any power granted by this act is not illegal or in restraint of trade.History.—s. 122, ch. 90-179.
FL Stat § 617.2101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXVI - Business Organizations|Chapter 617 - Corporations Not for Profit|617.2101 - Corporation Authorized to Act as Trustee.

617.2101 Corporation authorized to act as trustee.—Any corporation, organized under this act, may act as trustee of property whenever the corporation has either a beneficial, contingent, or remainder interest in such property. Any corporation may accept and hold the legal title to property, the beneficial interest of which is owned by any other eleemosynary institution or nonprofit corporation or fraternal, benevolent, charitable, or religious society or association.History.—s. 127, ch. 90-179.