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 112 STAT. 1356 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 §70901. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER. —Future Farmers of America (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. —Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. §70902. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to create, foster, and assist subsidiary chapters composed of students and former students of vocational agriculture in public schools qualifying for Federal reimbursement under the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. 11 - 15, 16-28) and associations of those chapters in the States, territories, and possessions of the United States; (2) to develop character, train for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism, and thereby develop competent and aggressive rural and agricultural leadership; (3) to create and nurture a love of country life by encouraging members to improve the farm home and its surroundings, to develop organized rural recreational activities, and to create more interest in the intelligent choice of farming occupations; (4) to encourage the practice of thrift; (5) to procure for and distribute to State associations, local chapters, and members all official supplies and equipment of the corporation; (6) to publish an official magazine and other publications for the members of the corporation; (7) to strengthen the confidence of young men and women in themselves and their work, to encourage members in the development of individual farming programs, and to promote their permanent establishment in farming by— (A) encouraging improvement in scholarship; (B) providing prizes and awards to deserving students who have achieved distinction in vocational agriculture, including farm mechanics activities on a local, State, or national basis; and (C) assisting financially, through loans or grants, deserving students in all-day vocational agriculture classes and young farmers under 30 years of age who were former students in all-day vocational agriculture classes in becoming satisfactorily established in a farming occupation; (8) to cooperate with others, including State boards for vocational education, in accomplishing these purposes; and (9) to engage in other activities, consistent with these purposes, determined by the governing body to be for the best interests of the corporation. §70903. Membership (a) ELIGIBILITY.— Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws. (b) VOTING. —In matters of official business of a local chapter, each member has one vote. In matters of official business of a State association, each qualified delegate of a local chapter has one vote.

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