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title: "36 U.S.C. § 152909"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1529"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 152909 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status

## Text

(a) Corporate Status.— The corporation shall maintain its status as a corporation incorporated under the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.

(b) Tax-Exempt Status.— The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1421.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 152909(a)36:2908(f).Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–561, §§ 8(f), 16 (1st sentence), 98 Stat. 2911, 2913. 152909(b)36:2915 (1st sentence).