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CT Gen Stat § 33-272 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-272 - Powers of corporation.

 When such certificate is filed as aforesaid, the persons who have made, signed and acknowledged the same, and their successors, shall become a body politic and corporate by the name stated in such certificate; and such corporation shall have succession and possess the general powers conferred on corporations by section 33-1036, and shall also have power to take, by gift, grant or purchase, any estate, real or personal, for the use of, and as a residence for, the district superintendent or presiding elder of such district and his successors in office, and shall have power to sell and convey the same, and reinvest the proceeds thereof for a like purpose, with the approval of the annual conference having jurisdiction over the district, and under the direction of the trustees of the corporation; but the annual income or value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5381; P.A. 96-256, S. 191, 209.)History: P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to Sec. 33-428 with Sec. 33-1036, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-273 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-273 - Appointment of trustees.

 The district stewards of any district superintendent's or presiding elder's district may appoint, at their annual meeting, trustees for any such corporation within their district to supply the places of those whose terms expire, and to fill any vacancies in the number of such trustees, occurring by death, resignation or otherwise; and trustees of any such corporation shall hold their offices for the respective periods for which they have been appointed and until others are appointed in their places.(1949 Rev., S. 5382.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-274 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-274 - Trustees may convey real estate to corporation.

 Any real estate conveyed for the use of, or as a residence for, a district superintendent or presiding elder of any such district and his successors in office may be conveyed, by the trustees holding the title thereof, to a corporation formed as aforesaid, for the district in which such estate is situated, and the real estate so conveyed shall be held by such corporation upon the conditions set forth in section 33-272.(1949 Rev., S. 5383.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-275 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-275 - Union of churches; their trustees and property.

 When two or more Methodist Churches have been united in accordance with the usages, rules and discipline of the Methodist Church, the terms of office of the trustees of the several churches so united shall be terminated by the act of union, and the title to all property, real and personal, of such churches, and the title to all real and personal property held by their trustees, shall by such act vest in the trustees of such new church. The bishop or other authority making such act of union shall lodge for record, in the office of the town clerk of the town or towns wherein any of such lands are situated, a certificate executed in the manner required for deeds of land, describing such land and stating the names of such former churches and of the new one so formed, the fact of union with the date thereof and the names of the trustees of the new church; which certificate, when so lodged for record, shall have the effect of a recorded deed and conveyance of such land.(1949 Rev., S. 5384.)Rights in property on merger of churches; courts to follow decisions of ecclesiastical tribunals. 73 C. 216.
CT Gen Stat § 33-276 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-276 - Change of name.

 All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to July 1, 1941, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Methodist Episcopal Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to omit the word “Episcopal” from their names; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change or the name used by it or by which it is known after this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.(1949 Rev., S. 5385.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-277 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-277 - Election and powers of trustees.

 The trustees of each Augustana Evangelical Lutheran congregation shall be elected by the ballot of such electors as are by the rules and regulations of such congregations competent to vote for trustees, on such day in each year as such rules and regulations prescribe and upon the notice required by the rules of the congregation, and shall be responsible to such congregations in the manner and to the extent required by such rules. Such trustees shall continue in office until others are elected to fill their respective places. They shall have power to convey the real estate held by them only when authorized by the vote of the congregation for whose benefit it is held, at a meeting warned for that purpose, according to the rules of the congregation; and such congregations are authorized to give the care of all their property to their trustees.(1949 Rev., S. 5386; 1951, 1953, S. 2603d.)Nature of German Evangelical Lutheran Church; change of synod does not affect trust for church; government by “congregation as a whole”; injunction to prevent new pastor from using church. 78 C. 343.
CT Gen Stat § 33-278 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-278 - Change of name.

 All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to October 1, 1951, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Swedish Lutheran Evangelical Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to omit the word “Swedish” from their names and to change their names to “Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect, or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.(1951, S. 2604d.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-278a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-278a - Name changes authorized.

 All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to July 1, 1962, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “American Evangelical Lutheran Church” or “The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church” or “The Suomi Synod” or “The Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran Church of America” or “The United Lutheran Church in America” and all societies directly connected therewith, are authorized to change their names to “Lutheran Church in America”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.(1963, P.A. 89.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-278b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-278b - Powers. Merger. Dissolution. Formation.

 (a) As used in this section, “church” shall include ecclesiastical societies and specially incorporated churches.(b) All churches being members of the Lutheran Church in America shall have power to receive and hold by gift, grant or purchase all property, real or personal, according to the constitution, bylaws and constitutional enactments of the Lutheran Church in America and of the synod to which such churches belong and shall have and exercise all the powers of bodies corporate by their trustees.(c) When two or more such churches have merged or have been united in accordance with the usages, rules, constitution, bylaws and constitutional enactments of the Lutheran Church in America and of the synod to which they belong and by the vote of each of such churches, the title to all real and personal property of such churches, by the act of such merger or union, shall vest in the trustees of the resulting church. The president of the synod approving such merger or union shall lodge, in the office of the town clerk of each town wherein any of such real property is situated and in the office of the Secretary of the State, a certificate executed in the manner required for deeds of real property, describing such real property and stating the names of the former churches and of the new one so formed, the date of union or merger and the names of the trustees of the new church; which certificate shall have the effect of a recorded deed. Any church resulting from such union or merger shall be liable for all existing debts and obligations of the merging churches. All gifts and legacies, vested or unvested, to any of the merging churches shall inure to and vest in the resulting church.(d) Upon the dissolution of any church having membership in the Lutheran Church in America, in accordance with the constitution of said Lutheran Church in America, the president of the synod of said Lutheran Church in America having jurisdiction thereof shall file a certificate executed as a deed for real property in the office of the town clerk of each town in which the real property of such dissolved church lies stating the name of the dissolved church, the date of dissolution and the location of the principal office of the synod, which certificate shall have the effect of a recorded deed of such real property and of the personal property of such dissolved church to such synod; and thereafter such synod shall hold, manage and convey such real and personal property at its sole discretion in accordance with the constitution of the Lutheran Church in America.(e) All congregations formed after October 1, 1969, for membership in the Lutheran Church in America shall be incorporated under the general statutes.(1969, P.A. 177.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-279 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-279 - Organization as corporation.

 A corporation may be organized in connection with any Roman Catholic Church or congregation in this state, by filing in the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate signed by the archbishop or bishop and the vicar-general of the archdiocese or of the diocese in which such congregation is located and the pastor and two laymen belonging to such congregation, stating that they have so organized for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Such archbishop or bishop, vicar-general and pastor of such congregation and, in case of the death or other disability of the archbishop or bishop, the administrator of the archdiocese or diocese for the time being, the chancellor of the archdiocese or diocese and the pastor of such congregation shall be members, ex officio, of such corporation, and, upon their death, resignation, removal or preferment, their successors in office shall become such members in their stead. The two lay members shall be appointed annually, in writing, during the month of January from the lay members of the congregation by a majority of the ex-officio members of the corporation; and three members of the corporation, of whom one shall be a layman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(1949 Rev., S. 5387; 1955, S. 2605d.)Method provided for choice of lay member is mandatory. 69 C. 286.
CT Gen Stat § 33-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-280 - Property rights of Roman Catholic Church.

 Such corporation may receive and hold all property conveyed to it for the purpose of maintaining religious worship according to the doctrine, discipline and ritual of the Roman Catholic Church, and for the support of the educational or charitable institutions of that church.(1949 Rev., S. 5388; 1955, S. 2606d.)A parochial school is a charitable institution. 81 C. 278.
CT Gen Stat § 33-281 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-281 - Subject to laws of church.

 Such corporation shall at all times be subject to the general laws and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, and shall receive and enjoy its franchises as a body politic, solely for the purposes mentioned in section 33-280; and, upon the violation or surrender of its charter, its property, real and personal, shall vest in the archbishop or bishop of the archdiocese or diocese and his successors, in trust for such congregation and for the uses and purposes above named.(1949 Rev., S. 5389; 1955, S. 2607d.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-281a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies|Section 33-281a - Change of name of Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches.

 All religious corporations or churches authorized, prior to April 23, 1968, to use or be known by a name or names including the words “Methodist Church” or “Evangelical United Brethren Church”, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are authorized to change their names by eliminating the word or words “Methodist Church” or “Evangelical United Brethren Church” and adding the words “The United Methodist Church”; and all gifts, bequests and devises to, contracts with, conveyances to or by, or other acts affecting any such religious corporation or church by either the name used by it or by which it was known before this change or the name used by it or by which it is known after this change shall be valid; and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.(1969, P.A. 80.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-281b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 598a - Charitable Corporations and Trusts|Section 33-281b - Restrictions on activities of private foundations.

 (a)(1) No corporation formed under the laws of this state, whether with or without capital stock, which is a “private foundation” as defined in Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, shall, during the period while it is such a private foundation: (A) Engage in any act of “self-dealing”, as defined in Section 4941(d) of said code; (B) retain any “excess business holdings”, as defined in Section 4943(c) of said code; (C) make any investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes, within the meaning of Section 4944 of said code, so as to give rise to any liability for tax imposed on such corporation by Section 4944 of said code; or (D) make any “taxable expenditures”, as defined in Section 4945(d) of said code. (2) Each corporation formed under the laws of this state, whether with or without capital stock, which is a private foundation, as defined in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall, during the period while it is such a private foundation, distribute amounts for the purposes specified in its articles of organization, in such manner and at such times as are at least sufficient to avoid liability for the tax imposed by Section 4942 of said code. (3) All references to sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, in this section, are to such sections as amended and in effect on May 21, 1971, and shall include future amendments to such sections and corresponding provisions of future federal internal revenue laws.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any corporation to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that (1) such application would be contrary to the terms of the articles of organization or other instrument governing such corporation or governing the administration of charitable funds held by it; and (2) such instrument may not properly be changed to conform to said subsection.(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not require or prohibit any act with respect to which Section 508(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, does not apply by virtue of Section 101(l)(6) of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-172).(1971, P.A. 219, S. 1–3; P.A. 89-211, S. 35.)History: P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.Cited. 41 CS 469.
CT Gen Stat § 33-303 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-303 - Remission of late filing fee.

 Section 33-303 is repealed, effective January 1, 1995.(1959, P.A. 618, S. 22; P.A. 76-255, S. 3; P.A. 83-545, S. 3, 22; P.A. 93-363, S. 38, 39; P.A. 94-186, S. 214, 215.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-311 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-311 - Recognition by corporation of voting and other rights of shareholders.

 Section 33-311 is repealed.(1959, P.A. 618, S. 30; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 24.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-320 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-320 - Indemnification of directors, officers and employees.

 Section 33-320 is repealed.(1959, P.A. 618, S. 39; 1961, P.A. 327, S. 31; 1969, P.A. 312, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-374g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-374g - Connecticut Partnership Compact.

 Section 33-374g is repealed.(P.A. 88-350, S. 6, 7; P.A. 89-298, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-278, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-190, S. 8, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-389 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-389 - State Treasurer to hold assets distributable to creditor or shareholder unknown or who cannot be found.

 Section 33-389 is repealed.(1959, P.A. 618, S. 107; 1961, P.A. 540, S. 31.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-412a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599 - Stock Corporations (Repealed)|Section 33-412a - Limited amnesty for foreign corporations transacting business without authority.

 Obsolete.(P.A. 94-186, S. 210.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-418f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations|Section 33-418f - Short title: Worker Cooperative Corporations Act.

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Worker Cooperative Corporations Act”.(P.A. 84-430, S. 1, 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 33-418g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations|Section 33-418g - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Worker cooperative” means a corporation which has elected to be governed by the provisions of this chapter.(2) “Member” means a natural person who or nonprofit organization that has been accepted for membership in, and owns a membership share issued by a worker cooperative.(3) “Patronage” means the amount of work performed as a member of a worker cooperative, measured in accordance with the articles of organization and bylaws of that cooperative.(4) “Written notice of allocation” means a written instrument which discloses to a member the stated dollar amount of such member's patronage allocation and the terms for payment of that amount by the worker cooperative.(5) “Nonprofit organization” means any organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.(P.A. 84-430, S. 2, 14; P.A. 18-27, S. 1.)History: P.A. 18-27 redesignated Subsecs. (a) to (d) as Subdivs. (1) to (4), amended redesignated Subdiv. (2) to add reference to nonprofit organization, and added Subdiv. (5) defining “nonprofit organization”.
CT Gen Stat § 33-418h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 599a - Worker Cooperative Corporations|Section 33-418h - Election to be governed as a worker cooperative. Revocation of election. Corporate name.

 (a) Any corporation formed under the provisions of chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto, may elect to be governed as a worker cooperative under the provisions of this chapter by so stating in its certificate of incorporation or certificate of amendment filed in accordance with chapter 601. A corporation so electing shall be governed by all provisions of chapter 601 other than sections 33-815 to 33-831, inclusive, and 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.(b) A worker cooperative may revoke its election under subsection (a) of this section by a vote of two-thirds of the members and through a certificate of amendment filed in accordance with section 33-800.(c) A worker cooperative may include the word “cooperative” or “co-op” in its corporate name.(P.A. 84-430, S. 3–5, 14; P.A. 96-271, S. 170, 254.)History: P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to replace references to “chapter 599” with “chapter 601” or “chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto” as appropriate, and replace reference to “sections 33-364 to 33-374, inclusive,” with “sections 33-815 to 33-831, inclusive, and 33-855 to 33-872, inclusive,” and amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “section 33-360” with “section 33-800”, effective January 1, 1997.