Act No. 444

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

December 29, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 30, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Reps. Schauer, Frank, Raczkowski, Hale, Baird, Kilpatrick, Tesanovich, Llewellyn and Thomas

Reps. Baade, Bodem, Callahan, DeHart, Dobb, Kelly, Kukuk, Parks, Profit, Prusi, Stallworth, Varga and Vaughn named co-sponsors

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5906

AN ACT to amend 1982 PA 162, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws relating to the organization and regulation of certain nonprofit corporations; to prescribe their duties, rights, powers, immunities, and liabilities; to provide for the authorization of foreign nonprofit corporations within this state; to impose certain duties on certain state departments; to prescribe fees; to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," (MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192) by adding section 501a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 501a. (1) A corporation organized for purposes described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 may include 1 or more directors on its board who are 16 or 17 years of age as long as that number does not exceed 1/2the total number of directors required for a quorum for the transaction of business.

(2) If a corporation described in subsection (1) may have more than 1 director who is 16 or 17 years of age, the corporation shall state in its articles of incorporation the number of directors who may be 16 or 17 years of age.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.