PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1441 §170105. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges The corporation and its State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts have the exclusive right to use the name "Paralyzed Veterans of America" and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation lawfully adopts. §170106. Restrictions (a) PROFIT. —The corporation may not engage in business for profit. (b) STOCK. —The corporation may not issue stock. (c) POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.— The corporation shall be nonpolitical and may not provide financial aid to, or otherwise promote the candidacy of, an individual seeking public office. (d) DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME OR ASSETS. — The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, member, or employee during the life of the corporation or on its dissolution or final liquidation. This subsection does not prevent the payment of reasonable compensation to an officer or employee or reimbursement for actual necessary expenses in amounts approved by the board of directors. (e) LOANS. —The corporation may not make a loan to a director, officer, member, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making such a loan, and officers who participate in making the loan, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan until it is repaid. §170107. Headquarters and principal place of business The headquarters and principal place of business of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia. However, the activities of the corporation are not confined to the District of Columbia but may be conducted throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States. §170108. Records and inspection (a) RECORDS. — The corporation shall keep— (1) correct and complete records of account; (2) minutes of the proceedings of its members, executive committee, and committees having any of the authority of its executive committee; and (3) at its principal office, a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote. (b) INSPECTION. — ^A member entitled to vote, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time. §170109. Service of process As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of each State, territory, or possession of the United States in which an organization, chapter, or post is organized, the name and address of an agent in that State, territory, or possession on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served.
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