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AL Code § 10A-20-3.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 3 - Conference of Ministers.|Section 10A-20-3.03 - Changing of Corporate Name.

Section 10A-20-3.03Changing of corporate name. Any annual conference that has heretofore been incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Alabama and desires to change its name or any corporation created under this article desiring to change its name may file with the Secretary of State a declaration in writing, showing the proposed amendment, and must pay the Secretary of State the filing fee required under Section 10A-1-4.31 to be paid to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of amendment, whereupon the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation a charter in its new name. (Code 1907, §3595; Code 1923, §7085; Code 1940, T. 10, §113; §10-4-42; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §328.)
AL Code § 10A-20-3.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 3 - Conference of Ministers.|Section 10A-20-3.04 - Incorporation by Successor of Unincorporated or Defectively Incorporated Conference.

Section 10A-20-3.04Incorporation by successor of unincorporated or defectively incorporated conference. Whenever any annual conference has heretofore been organized according to the law of any branch of the Christian church or of any other religious faith or denomination but has not been incorporated, or the act of incorporation is for any reason believed to be defective or does not confer the powers necessary for the purpose of such body, the conference may become a body corporate under this article as the successor of the unincorporated or defectively incorporated body by incorporating in the declaration prescribed in Section 10A-20-3.01 the name of the body it desires to succeed; and upon the granting of a charter under this article, it shall be taken and held by the body or bodies named in the declaration and shall take and hold all the property, rights, and privileges of its predecessor as fully as though they had been granted to the succeeding corporation. (Code 1907, §3596; Code 1923, §7086; Code 1940, T. 10, §114; §10-4-43; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §328.)
AL Code § 10A-20-4.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 4 - State Conventions or Associations of Churches.|Section 10A-20-4.01 - Powers of Conventions or Associations.

Section 10A-20-4.01Powers of conventions or associations. State conventions or state associations of churches, generally known as congregational churches, which have been heretofore incorporated under any general or special law of the state or which may be hereafter incorporated under any general law of this state, shall have and are invested with the following powers in addition to the powers heretofore conferred upon the corporations by general law or special acts of the Legislature. The incorporated conventions or associations may: (1) In their corporate capacity, act in the intervals between state conventions by, and through, trustees, directors, or governing boards by whatever name called or designated; (2) Through its constitution and bylaws or by resolution adopted by the convention confer upon the trustees, directors, or governing boards the power to do any and all acts and exercise any and all corporate powers conferred upon them by the convention which the convention itself might be permitted to exercise under its charter in accordance with the law while in session; (3) Borrow money, execute notes and bonds therefor, and secure the payment of the same by mortgage or pledge of any of its funds, securities, or property; (4) If it sees fit to do so, authorize the incorporation of a holding company or foundation through which it may transact all or any part of its financial affairs; (5) Receive, purchase, own, possess, buy, and sell any and all necessary property, real, personal, and mixed, as shall be needful for its uses in the conduct of religious, educational, and charitable work; (6) Accept gifts, donations, pledges, moneys, and other properties to any extent, and to any amount; and (7) So long as its properties are exclusively devoted to religious, educational, and charitable purposes, the same shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxes. (Acts 1923, No. 56, p. 32; Code 1923, §§7121, 7122, 7125; Code 1940, T. 10, §§133, 134, 137; §10-4-60; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §330.)
AL Code § 10A-20-4.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 4 - State Conventions or Associations of Churches.|Section 10A-20-4.02 - Establishment of Schools, Hospitals, Orphanages, etc., by State, Sectional, or National Conventions or Associations.

Section 10A-20-4.02Establishment of schools, hospitals, orphanages, etc., by state, sectional, or national conventions or associations. Incorporated conventions or associations, as well as sectional or national conventions or associations of churches incorporated under the laws of any state, may establish schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, orphanages, or training courses for the ministry, missions, medical, sanitary, and other benevolent work, either directly or by authorizing boards of directors to be by the convention appointed, from time to time, to incorporate under general laws as a separate but subsidiary corporation. Any religious, educational, or charitable association or institution so established by the convention, whether separately incorporated or not, shall always be under the complete control and ownership of the conventions or of boards of trustees or directors now appointed, or hereafter from time to time appointed by the conventions, and may donate and convey property to them. (Acts 1923, No. 56, p. 32; Code 1940, T. 10, §135; Acts 1947, No. 704, p. 542; §10-4-61; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §330.)
AL Code § 10A-20-4.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 4 - State Conventions or Associations of Churches.|Section 10A-20-4.03 - Perpetual Existence of Conventions or Association.

Section 10A-20-4.03Perpetual existence of conventions or association. All conventions or associations, heretofore incorporated under general or special laws or hereafter organized under general laws, shall have perpetual existence, and may hereafter do and perform any and all acts pertaining to the spread and propagation of the gospel, the furtherance of education, and the doing of all acts of charity and benevolence that any unincorporated convention of natural persons shall be permitted lawfully to do under the laws of the state now in force or that may hereafter be enacted. (Acts 1923, No. 56, p. 32; Code 1923, §7126; Code 1940, T. 10, §138; §10-4-62; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §330.)
AL Code § 10A-20-4.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 4 - State Conventions or Associations of Churches.|Section 10A-20-4.04 - Ratification and Confirmation of Corporate Existence.

Section 10A-20-4.04 Ratification and confirmation of corporate existence. Any incorporated convention or association, heretofore organized under any general or special law or that may be hereafter under general laws organized, shall not lose its corporate existence by reason of failure to elect or appoint trustees or boards of directors, and the charter of all the conventions and associations as were functioning and in operation on February 14, 1923, are confirmed, whether or not the organization may have been conducted in strict accordance with its charter, and all charters of the corporations legally existing on February 14, 1923, are hereby ratified and confirmed. (Acts 1923, No. 56, p. 32; Code 1923, §7124; Code 1940, T. 10, §136; §10-4-63; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §330.)
AL Code § 10A-20-5.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 5 - Educational Institutions.|Section 10A-20-5.01 - Amendment of Charter; Fees for Filing Same; Certified Copy Thereof.

Section 10A-20-5.01Amendment of charter; fees for filing same; certified copy thereof. (a) Any educational institution heretofore incorporated under special act of the Legislature or under the general laws of the state may amend its charter as follows: (1) The trustees of the corporation must adopt a resolution embracing the desired amendment of the charter, which must be spread upon the minutes of the trustees; (2) If the trustees are not self-perpetuating, but are appointed or elected by any persons or organization other than the trustees themselves, a resolution embracing the desired amendments to the charter shall be submitted to the persons or organization having the power to elect or appoint the trustees, and the resolution shall be approved by the persons or organization having the power to elect or appoint the trustees; (3) The resolution must then be submitted to the Governor, together with the approval of the persons or organization having the power to appoint or elect the trustees, and if the amendment is approved by the Governor, he or she shall endorse his or her approval upon the resolution; and (4) It must then be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, and when so approved and filed, it shall become a part of the original charter of the institution. (b) The amendment of the charter provided for in this section may include a change of name, power to confer degrees and grant diplomas, to hold real and personal property, to borrow money, mortgage or pledge property of the corporation, to change the number of trustees and the manner of appointing or electing the same; but if authorized to mortgage property and stock is owned in the institution, it must be only upon the consent of the holders of three fourths in value of the capital stock of the corporation, which must be expressed in writing and recorded as a deed or mortgage and executed in the form required for deeds, mortgages, or other conveyances. (c) Before filing the amendment in the Office of the Secretary of State, the trustees must pay to the Secretary of State for the benefit of the State of Alabama the filing fee required under Section 10A-1-4.31 for filing an amendment to a certificate of formation. (d) Upon the approval, filing, and payment of fees for the amendment, as provided for in this section, the Secretary of State shall issue to the trustees a certified copy of the amendment under the seal of the state. (Code 1907, §§3589, 3590-3592; Acts 1915, No. 436, p. 382; Code 1923, §§7071, 7073-7075; Code 1940, T. 10, §§156, 158-160; §10-4-80; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §332.)
AL Code § 10A-20-5.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 5 - Educational Institutions.|Section 10A-20-5.02 - Distribution of Proceeds When Corporation Ceases Business.

Section 10A-20-5.02Distribution of proceeds when corporation ceases business. When a corporation organized under the laws of Alabama for educational purposes, which corporation has issued shares of stock, whether or not the charter or laws of Alabama authorized the issue of stock, and which has ceased to engage in the business for which it was organized has sold all or any part of its property, the proceeds of the sale or sales remaining after the payment of all the debts of the corporation may be distributed pro rata among the holders of the stock issued and outstanding. (Acts 1915, No. 829, p. 945; Code 1923, §7072; Code 1940, T. 10, §157; §10-4-81; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §332.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.01 - Applicability of Article.

Section 10A-20-6.01Applicability of article. Any nonstock nonprofit corporations organized for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a health care service plan under which health services are furnished to the public who become subscribers to the plan pursuant to contracts are authorized and shall be governed by the provisions of this article. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §304; Acts 1945, No. 50, p. 52, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-100; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.02 - Incorporation.

Section 10A-20-6.02Incorporation. (a) The incorporators of any corporation to be governed by this article shall prepare and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of formation stating an intention to become a corporation, which certificate of formation shall be signed by each of the incorporators and shall set forth: (1) The name of the proposed corporation; (2) The objects and purposes for which the corporation is organized; (3) The location of the principal office of the corporation in this state; and (4) The name and post office address of each incorporator, not less than three in number. (b) The certificate of formation may also contain any other provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, which the incorporators may desire to insert for the regulation of the business or affairs of the corporation or which would be permitted nonprofit corporations by the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law. The filing of the certificate of formation shall be accompanied with payment of the filing fee payable to the Secretary of State in the amount prescribed by Chapter 1 for certificates of formation under Section 10A-1-4.31. The filing of the certificate of formation by the Secretary of State effects the creation of a corporation for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a health care service plan as provided for in this article. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §305; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-101; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.03 - Health Care Facilities Which May Participate.

Section 10A-20-6.03Health care facilities which may participate. Any health care facility capable of entering into a binding contract may participate as a member of the corporation if the health care facility: (1) Is approved by the appropriate state licensing agency having regulatory control over the facility; and (2) Is accepted as a member by majority vote of the corporation's board of directors. The corporation and all health care facilities approved and accepted for membership shall enter into contracts which shall govern their respective rights and obligations and which shall be adopted and may be altered, amended, or repealed by majority vote of the board of directors of the corporation. The board of directors of the corporation may terminate the membership and the contract of any health care facility for any cause deemed proper by it at any time by a majority vote. Such member may be reinstated by a majority vote of the board of directors. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Acts 1939, No. 491, p. 710; Code 1940, T. 28, §307; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1613, §1; §10-4-102; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.04 - Board of Directors.

Section 10A-20-6.04Board of directors. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors with the powers and authority necessary or incidental to the purposes of the corporation. The board shall be composed of not less than 15 nor more than 27 directors. Public directors, who shall reflect the social, economic, and geographic characteristics of the population served by the corporation, shall constitute at least a majority of the board. Providers of health care and their representatives may also serve on the board, but in no event may constitute a majority thereof. Persons who derive income from the delivery or administration of health care or services shall not be eligible to serve as public directors. The bylaws of the corporation shall contain a provision requiring the board: (1) To establish a procedure for the disclosure of and the determination of whether a person is a provider or a representative of a provider of health care and possible conflict of interest situations with respect to directors; and (2) To establish and select an advisory committee consisting of not more than seven persons, not members of the board, who are knowledgeable in providing health services and whose functions shall be to consult with and advise the board of directors. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §306; Acts 1945, No. 50, p. 52, §2; Acts 1951, No. 946, p. 1615; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-103; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.05 - Bylaws.

Section 10A-20-6.05Bylaws. The power to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation, including provisions for the number and selection of the board of directors, not inconsistent with this article. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §306; Acts 1945, No. 50, p. 52, §2; Acts 1951, No. 946, p. 1615; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-104; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.06 - Altering, Amending, or Changing Certificate of Formation.

Section 10A-20-6.06Altering, amending, or changing certificate of formation. The corporation may change its corporate name, the location of its principal office, or make other alteration, amendment, or change in its certificate of formation, as may be desired in the following manner: (1) Its board of directors by a majority vote thereof, either in person or by proxy, at any regular meeting of the board, or at any special meeting called for the purpose, shall adopt a resolution or resolutions setting forth the respect or respects in which the certificate of formation of the corporation shall be altered, amended, or changed; (2) The report thereof, certified by the president or the secretary of the corporation under corporate seal, if any, shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing; and (3) Upon the filing of same, its certificate of formation shall be deemed to be altered, amended, or changed; provided, that the certificate of alteration, amendment, or change shall contain only the provisions as would be lawful and proper to insert in an original certificate of formation made at the time of making the amendment. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §306; Acts 1945, No. 50, p. 52, §2; Acts 1951, No. 946, p. 1615; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-105; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.07 - Certificates of Authority; Contracts With Public.

Section 10A-20-6.07Certificates of authority; contracts with public. Every corporation organized under this article shall procure from the Commissioner of Insurance a certificate of authority to do business, for which the corporation shall pay the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), and the certificates of authority shall be renewed thereafter on or before the first day of March of each year. The corporation may then enter into contracts with the public, subject to the restrictions contained in this article, for benefits under its health service plan. It shall be the duty of the corporation to enter into contracts with and issue certificates to those of the public who may desire to avail themselves of the benefits of the health service plan and who, under its rules and regulations, make application and are eligible therefor. The contracts may provide for more than one class of services or benefits, may designate the person or persons, or the class of persons, entitled thereto, may designate the health care facilities and providers which render the services provided for, and may specify the charge or dues required to be paid for the services or benefits. No corporation shall issue or sell any contract until the form of the same has been filed with the Commissioner of Insurance. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 199; Code 1940, T. 28, §308; Acts 1945, No. 50, p. 52, §3; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-106; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.08 - License, Privilege, or Other Taxes by Municipalities or Counties Prohibited.

Section 10A-20-6.08License, privilege, or other taxes by municipalities or counties prohibited. No license, privilege, or other tax shall be charged any corporation organized under this article by or on behalf of any city or municipality of this state, and no license, privilege, or other tax in excess of the amount paid to the state under this article shall be charged any corporation by or on behalf of any county of this state. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Acts 1939, No. 491, p. 710; Code 1940, T. 28, §314; §10-4-107; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)
AL Code § 10A-20-6.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 6 - Health Care Services Plans.|Section 10A-20-6.09 - Selection of Health Care Facility by Certificate Holders.

Section 10A-20-6.09Selection of health care facility by certificate holders. Any holder in good standing of a certificate for a health service may select any health care facility which may be designated by a corporation to render the necessary health service thereunder. (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §309; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p. 1631, §1; §10-4-108; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §334.)