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 112 STAT. 1392 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 150702. Purposes. 150703. Membership. 150704. National officers. 150705. Board of directors. 150706. Powers. 150707. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges. 150708. Restrictions. 150709. Headquarters and principal office. 150710. Records and inspection. 150711. Service of process. 150712. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 150713. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation. §150701. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER.— National Conference on Citizenship (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. — Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. §150702. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to hold an annual national conference on citizenship on or about "Citizenship Day", September 17; (2) to assist in the development of more dynamic procedures for making citizenship more effective, including the promotion and encouragement of local. State, and regional citizenship conferences; and (3) to indicate the ways and means by which various organizations may contribute concretely to the development of a more active, alert, enlightened, conscientious, and progressive citizenry in our country. §150703. Membership (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Membership in the corporation is confined to agencies and organizations. Except as provided in this chapter, the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws. (b) VOTING. —Each agency or organization sending delegates to, and participating in, the annual national conference on citizenship has one vote in the conduct of the business of the conference. § 150704. National officers (a) NATIONAL OFFICERS. —The national officers of the corporation are a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a third vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The president is chairman of the board of directors and of the executive committee described in section 150705(d) of this title. (b) ELECTION. —The national officers are elected biennially from among the officers and members of the member agencies and organizations participating in the annual national conference on citizenship, by a majority vote of the agencies and organizations sending delegates to, and participating in, the conference. § 150705. Board of directors (a) GENERAL. —The board of directors is the governing body of the corporation. The board shall exercise the powers granted to the corporation. (b) NUMBER AND ELECTION. —The number of directors and their term of office are as provided in the bylaws, except that the board shall have at least 10 members (including ex officio members). The directors are elected from among the officers and members

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