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NH Rev Stat § 292:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:1 - Incorporators; Purposes.

    292:1 Incorporators;  Purposes. –||Five or more persons of lawful age may associate together by articles of agreement to form a corporation, for any of the following purposes:||I. The promotion of the cause of temperance and of any charitable or religious cause.||II. The establishment and maintenance of literary and scientific institutions, libraries, lyceums and musical, agricultural, literary, or scientific associations, the promotion of education and the arts and sciences by any other means and for mental improvement.||III. The establishment and maintenance of hospitals, homes for the aged and for invalids, and other charitable institutions.||IV. The provision of suitable grounds and other conveniences for the burial of the dead.||V. The organization and maintenance of lodges of Free Masons, Odd Fellows, and other similar societies, and for social recreation and improvement.||VI. The provision and care of walks, parks, recreational and athletic facilities, commons, roads and streets.||VII. The planting, cultivation, and protection of shade, ornamental, and forest trees.||VIII. The promotion of agriculture.||IX. The promotion of the growth and prosperity of cities, towns, and villages, including provision for recreational and athletic facilities for public use.||X. The promotion of law and order and the better enforcement of existing laws, or to prevent cruelty to animals.||XI. The protection or propagation of fish and game, and for any other purpose not prohibited by law.||XII. To provide industrial, commercial, manufacturing and warehouse facilities for the purpose of developing the growth and prosperity of the state, counties, cities, towns and villages.||XIII. To serve and promote the recreational and athletic interests of the state of New Hampshire or any town or individual group thereof.||XIV. The provision of mental health services.||XV. Any other purpose for which an organization may be exempt from federal taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and any amendments thereto.|||Source. RS 145:1. 1846, 325:1. CS 152:1. 1866, 4224:1. GS 137:1; 138:1. 1872, 6:1. GL 151:1; 152:1. PS 147:1. 1895, 1:1. PL 223:1. RL 272:1. RSA 292:1. 1965, 74:1. 1967, 102:1; 359:2. 1969, 43:1. 1977, 407:1. 1991, 261:1-3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:1-a - Legal Services.

    292:1-a Legal Services. –||Five or more persons of lawful age may associate together by articles of agreement to form a corporation, without a capital stock, for the purpose of providing professional legal services to the poor; provided, however, that no such corporation shall commence business until its articles of agreement and by-laws, and such other information as may be required, have been submitted to the supreme court for approval and such court has authorized it to commence business upon finding that it is a responsible organization. Such authorization may, after hearing, be revoked or suspended by the court for just cause. The actual practice of law by such corporation shall be conducted solely by members of the New Hampshire bar in good standing, and the fact of incorporation shall not in any way be deemed to immunize any attorney employed by the corporation from personal responsibility and liability to the clients whom he serves. The provisions of RSA 311:11 shall not apply to corporations organized under this section.|||Source. 1967, 239:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:2 - Articles of Agreement.

    292:2 Articles of Agreement. –||The articles of agreement shall contain the following:||I. The name of the corporation.||II. The object for which the corporation is established.||II-a. The provisions for establishing criteria and procedures for membership and participation in the corporation.||III. The provisions for disposition of the corporate assets in the event of dissolution of the corporation, including the prioritization of rights of shareholders and members to corporate assets.||IV. The address at which the business of the corporation is to be carried on.||V. The amount of capital stock, if any, or the number of shares or membership certificates, if any, and provisions for retirement, reacquisition and redemption of those shares or certificates.||V-a. (a) The articles of agreement may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director, an officer, or both, to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, an officer, or both, except with respect to:||(1) Any breach of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders.||(2) Acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.||(3) Any transaction from which the director, officer, or both, derived an improper personal benefit.||(b) This paragraph shall not be construed to eliminate or limit the liability of a director, an officer, or both, for any act or omission occurring before January 1, 1992.||VI. The signature and post office address of each of the persons associating together to form the corporation.|||Source. RS 145:2. CS 152:2. 1866, 4224:2. GS 137:2; 138:2. GL 151:2; 152:2. PS 147:2. PL 223:2. RL 272:2. RSA 292:2. 1971, 73:1. 1991, 261:4. 2010, 105:1, eff. July 25, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:2-a - Charitable Corporations; Required Provisions.

    292:2-a Charitable Corporations;  Required Provisions. –||Every charitable corporation established under this chapter which is a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and which is in existence on the effective date of this section, or which is thereafter established, is subject to the following provisions, whether they are set forth in the articles of agreement or not:||I. A corporation which is a "private foundation" as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, shall not:||(a) Engage in any act of "self-dealing" (as defined in section 4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4941(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;||(b) Retain any "excess business holdings" (as defined in section 4943(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4943(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; nor||(c) Make any investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes, within the meaning of section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, so as to give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4944(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; nor||(d) Make any "taxable expenditures" (as defined in section 4945(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by section 4945(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.||II. Each corporation which is a "private foundation" as defined in section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall distribute, for the purposes specified in its articles of organization, for each taxable year, amounts at least sufficient to avoid liability for the tax imposed by section 4942(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.||III. The provisions of paragraphs I and II shall apply to any corporation except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that to apply these provisions would be contrary to the terms of the articles of agreement or other instrument governing the corporation or the administration of charitable funds held by it, and that the articles or the other instrument cannot properly be changed to conform to these provisions.||IV. Nothing in this section impairs the rights and powers of the courts or of the attorney general with respect to any corporation.||V. All references to sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 include amendments to those sections which are made after the effective date of this section, and include all corresponding provisions of any United States Internal Revenue laws which replace the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.|||Source. 1971, 378:1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971; 584:3, 4, eff. Sept. 29, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:4 - Record of Articles of Agreement; Effect.

    292:4 Record of Articles of Agreement;  Effect. –||The articles of agreement shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state. When so recorded, the signers thereof shall be a corporation, and such corporation, its officers, and members shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of other similar corporations incorporated under this chapter, their officers, and members, except so far as they are limited or enlarged by this chapter. Subsequent to filing with the secretary of state a copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town in which the mailing address of the corporation is located.|||Source. 1866, 4224:1. GS 138:1. GL 152:1. PS 147:4. PL 223:4. RL 272:4. RSA 292:4. 1991, 261:5. 2004, 248:2, eff. July 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:5 - Fees for Recording.

    292:5 Fees for Recording. –||The fee for recording the articles of agreement in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:4 shall be $25. The fee for recording any record of amendment in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:7 shall be $25. The fee for recording the articles of agreement or amendments to such articles in the office of the town or city clerk as required in RSA 292:4 and RSA 292:7 shall be $5.|||Source. 1949, 265:1. RSA 292:5. 1955, 171:7. 1989, 408:64. 1991, 252:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:5-a - Repealed by 1957, 32:1, eff. Mar. 16, 1957.

    292:5-a Repealed by 1957, 32:1, eff. Mar. 16, 1957. –|
NH Rev Stat § 292:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:5-b - Foreign Nonprofit Corporations; Registration, Fees.

    292:5-b Foreign Nonprofit Corporations;  Registration, Fees. –||A foreign nonprofit corporation established for any of the purposes set forth in RSA 292:1 or for a substantially similar purpose, desiring to do business in this state in furtherance of such purpose for the benefit of citizens of this state, may register as a foreign corporation by making application as provided in RSA 293-A:15.03, excepting those portions relative to using a form of the words "corporation," "company," "incorporated" or "limited" in the corporate name. Any such foreign nonprofit corporation shall file the return and pay the fee provided in RSA 292:25-29.|||Source. 1977, 461:2. 1979, 92:1. 1985, 339:1. 1989, 256:2. 1992, 255:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:5-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:5-c - Online Filing.

    292:5-c Online Filing. –||No later than January 1, 2020, the secretary of state shall provide for and allow the online filing of all forms, certificates, or other documents required under this chapter.|||Source. 2018, 279:10, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:6 - Bylaws; Organization.

    292:6 Bylaws;  Organization. –||The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by a 2/3 majority action of the signers of the articles of agreement. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt new bylaws, subject to repeal or change by a 2/3 majority action of the shareholders or holders of membership certificates, shall be vested in the board of directors unless reserved to the shareholders or holders of membership certificates by the articles of agreement. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with the laws of the state or the articles of agreement, including provisions for issuance and reacquisition of membership certificates.|||Source. PS 147:5. PL 223:5. RL 272:5. RSA 292:6. 1991, 261:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:6-a - Board of Directors of Charitable Nonprofit Corporations.

    292:6-a Board of Directors of Charitable Nonprofit Corporations. –||In the interest of encouraging diversity of discussion, connection with the public, and public confidence, the board of directors of a charitable nonprofit corporation shall have at least 5 voting members, who are not of the same immediate family or related by blood or marriage. No employee of a charitable nonprofit corporation shall hold the position of chairperson or presiding officer of the board. This section shall not apply to those nonprofit corporations in existence on August 10, 1996, until one year after August 10, 1996, nor to any organization qualified as a private foundation under the applicable provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code, nor to religious organizations, churches, or the integrated auxiliaries thereof or to conventions or associations of churches. The provisions of this section may be waived with the approval of the director of charitable trusts after application for such waiver.|||Source. 1996, 302:3. 1997, 184:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:6-b - Voting.

    292:6-b Voting. –||I. A voluntary corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. In the absence of a provision in its articles or bylaws providing for members, a voluntary corporation has no members.||II. If a voluntary corporation has no members, an action for which there is no specific provision of this chapter applicable to a voluntary corporation without members and that would otherwise require approval of the members requires only the approval of the board of directors.||III. Members are of one class unless the articles establish, or authorize the bylaws to establish, more than one class. Members shall have no voting rights, except as specifically provided in the articles or bylaws. The articles or bylaws may fix the term of membership.||IV. Notwithstanding any provision of the articles or bylaws to the contrary, each individual board member and each member of a voluntary corporation entitled to vote shall be entitled to no more than one vote.|||Source. 2010, 105:2, eff. July 25, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:7 - Change of Name; Amending Articles.

    292:7 Change of Name;  Amending Articles. –||Any corporation now or hereafter organized or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and any existing corporation which may have been so organized or registered, may change its name, increase or decrease its capital stock or membership certificates, merge with or acquire any other corporation formed pursuant to this chapter, or amend its articles of agreement, by a majority vote of such corporation's board of directors or trustees, at a meeting duly called for that purpose, and by recording a certified copy of such vote in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the clerk of the town or city in this state which is its principal place of business. In the case of a foreign nonprofit corporation registered in New Hampshire, a copy of the amendment or plan of merger, certified by the proper officer of the state of incorporation, shall be filed with the secretary of state, together with the fee provided in RSA 292:5. The surviving corporation in a merger shall continue to have all the authority and powers vested in the merging corporations, including any powers previously conferred upon them by the legislature.|||Source. 1895, 1:2. 1897, 49:1. PL 223:6. 1931, 69:1. RL 272:6. RSA 292:7. 1971, 73:2. 1983, 112:11. 1988, 93:5. 1991, 261:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8 - Capital Structure.

    292:8 Capital Structure. –||The corporation may generate funds through its members, including, but not limited to:||I. Issuance of membership certificates or stock certificates, or both, in the corporation.||II. Receipt of contributions to capital.||III. Assessment of dues and fees on members.|||Source. RS 145:9. CS 152:9. GS 137:7. GL 151:7. PS 147:9. PL 223:8. RL 272:7. RSA 292:8. 1971, 73:3. 1991, 261:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-a - Repealed by 1975, 95:2, eff. June 21, 1975.

    292:8-a Repealed by 1975, 95:2, eff. June 21, 1975. –|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-b - Terms Defined.

    292:8-b Terms Defined. –||The following words as used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows:||I. "Commission" means the higher education commission established in RSA 21-N:8-a.||II. "Higher learning" means studies which are more advanced or difficult than those prevalently offered in a secondary school and which are creditable toward an academic or professional degree.||III. "Degree" means the formal recognition of a stage of progress in the pursuit of higher learning, including the associate, bachelor's, master's, doctorate, professional, or other award, diploma or the equivalent under any other designation.|||Source. 1965, 44:1. 1973, 533:4. 2011, 224:143, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-c - Organization.

    292:8-c Organization. –||The articles of agreement for the purpose of organizing a corporation for the establishment of an institution of higher learning shall be submitted to the commission for its consent for said incorporation.|||Source. 1965, 44:1. 1973, 533:5. 1977, 407:2. 2011, 224:144. 2013, 164:3, eff. June 28, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-d - Approval.

    292:8-d Approval. –||No articles of agreement for the incorporation of institutions of higher learning shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state unless or until consent for said incorporation has been obtained from the commission.|||Source. 1965, 44:1. 1973, 533:6. 1977, 407:3. 2013, 164:3, eff. June 28, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-e - General Statement.

    292:8-e General Statement. –||The commission shall approve as a corporation of higher learning only such institutions as have been evaluated according to procedures and standards established by the commission. The commission may accept accreditation or program approval by a recognized accrediting body in place of its own independent evaluation.|||Source. 1965, 44:1. 1973, 533:7. 2013, 164:3, eff. June 28, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-ee (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-ee - Freedom From Liability.

    292:8-ee Freedom From Liability. –||No employee of the division, member of the commission, or any member of an evaluation committee established under any provision of this subdivision shall be held personally liable, either as an individual or as a member of a group, so long as said employee or member was acting in good faith in the furtherance of duties as an employee of the division or member of the commission or an evaluation committee. All such members shall be entitled to the protections afforded by RSA 99-D.|||Source. 1983, 141:1. 2011, 224:146. 2013, 164:3, eff. June 28, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 292:8-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 292 - Voluntary Corporations and Associations|Section 292:8-f - Submission of Plans.

    292:8-f Submission of Plans. –||Any person or entity desiring to establish an institution of higher learning shall submit to the commission its plans, which shall be evaluated by the commission. Such evaluation shall include among other things the adequacy of the buildings or proposed buildings, instructional facilities and provisions for safety and well-being of its students, the qualifications of the faculty, the character of the program of studies and the adequacy of financial resources. All fees collected by the commission under this section shall be deposited into the higher education fund established in RSA 21-N:8-a, III.|||Source. 1965, 44:1. 1967, 288:2. 1973, 533:8. 2013, 164:3, eff. June 28, 2013.|