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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1505/section-150505.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 150505"
+description: "Governing body"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 36
+title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
+chapter_number: "1505"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
+section: "150505"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150505"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s150505"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 150505 - Governing body
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Board of Representatives.— (1) The board of representatives is the governing body of the corporation. The board shall exercise the powers granted to the corporation.
+
+(2) The board consists of one representative from each State society and territorial society in the District of Columbia. Each member of the board has one vote.
+
+(b) Officers.— (1) The officers of the corporation are a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a secretary, an assistant secretary, a treasurer, an assistant treasurer, a historian, and other officers designated by the board.
+
+(2) The officers shall be elected by the board at an annual meeting and serve for a term of 1 year.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1390.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 150505(a)36:407(a), (c).Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, §§ 6, 7, 66 Stat. 39. 150505(b)36:406.36:407(b). In subsection (a), the word “herein” is omitted as unnecessary. The text of 36:407(c) is omitted as obsolete.