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2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 2. BUSINESS
TITLE 23. CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
414D. Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act
- CHAPTER 414D HAWAII NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ACT
- 414D-1 Short title
- 414D-2 Reservation of power to amend or repeal
- 414D-3 Filing requirements
- 414D-4 Forms
- 414D-5 Filing, service, and copying fees
- 414D-6 Effective time and date of document
- 414D-7 Correcting filed document
- 414D-8 Filing duty of the department director
- 414D-9 Appeal from the department director's refusal to file document
- 414D-10 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
- 414D-11 Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence
- 414D-12 Penalty for signing false document
- 414D-13 Department director; powers
- 414D-14 Definitions
- 414D-15 Notice
- 414D-16 Private foundations
- 414D-17 Judicial relief
- 414D-18 Miscellaneous charges
- 414D-19 Shares of stock and dividends prohibited; compensation; distribution
- 414D-20 Notice to the attorney general of commencement of proceeding Part II. Organization
- 414D-31 Incorporators
- 414D-32 Articles of incorporation
- 414D-33 Incorporation
- 414D-34 Liability for preincorporation transactions
- 414D-35 Organization of corporation
- 414D-36 Bylaws
- 414D-37 Emergency bylaws and powers Part III. Purposes and Powers
- 414D-51 Purposes
- 414D-52 General powers
- 414D-53 Emergency powers
- 414D-54 Ultra vires Part IV. Names
- 414D-61 Corporate name
- 414D-62 Reserved name
- 414D-63 Repealed
- 414D-64 Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name Part V. Office and Registered Agent
- 414D-71 Registered office and registered agent
- 414D-72 Designation or change of registered office or registered agent
- 414D-73 Resignation of registered agent
- 414D-74 Service on corporation Part VI. Members and Memberships
- 414D-81 Admission
- 414D-82 Consideration
- 414D-83 No requirement of members
- 414D-84 Differences in rights and obligations of members
- 414D-85 Member's liability to third parties
- 414D-86 Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees
- 414D-87 Creditor's action against member
- 414D-88 Repealed
- 414D-89 Termination, expulsion, and suspension
- 414D-89.5 Amendment terminating or canceling members; redemption of membership
- 414D-90 Derivative suits
- 414D-91 Delegates Part VII. Members' Meetings, and Voting
- 414D-101 Annual and regular meetings
- 414D-102 Special meetings
- 414D-103 Court-ordered meetings
- 414D-104 Action by written consent
- 414D-104.5 Action by ballot
- 414D-105 Notice of meeting
- 414D-106 Waiver of notice
- 414D-107 Record date; determining members entitled to notice and vote
- 414D-108 Repealed
- 414D-109 Members' list for meeting
- 414D-110 Voting entitlement generally
- 414D-111 Quorum requirements
- 414D-112 Voting requirements
- 414D-113 Proxies
- 414D-114 Cumulative voting for directors
- 414D-115 Other methods of electing directors
- 414D-116 Corporation's acceptance of votes
- 414D-117 Voting agreements Part VIII. Directors and Officers
- 414D-131 Requirement for and duties of the board
- 414D-132 Qualifications of directors
- 414D-133 Number of directors
- 414D-134 Election, designation, and appointment of directors
- 414D-135 Terms of directors generally
- 414D-136 Staggered terms for directors
- 414D-137 Resignation of directors
- 414D-138 Removal of directors elected by members or directors
- 414D-139 Removal of designated or appointed directors
- 414D-140 Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
- 414D-141 Vacancy on board
- 414D-142 Compensation of directors
- 414D-143 Regular and special meetings
- 414D-144 Action without meeting
- 414D-145 Call and notice of meetings
- 414D-146 Waiver of notice of meeting
- 414D-147 Quorum and voting
- 414D-148 Committees of the board
- 414D-149 General standards for directors
- 414D-150 Director conflict of interest
- 414D-151 Loans to or guaranties for directors and officers
- 414D-152 Liability for unlawful distributions
- 414D-153 Required officers
- 414D-154 Duties and authority of officers
- 414D-155 Standards of conduct for officers
- 414D-156 Resignation and removal of officers
- 414D-157 Contract rights of officers
- 414D-158 Officers' authority to execute documents
- 414D-159 Definitions
- 414D-160 Authority to indemnify
- 414D-161 Mandatory indemnification
- 414D-162 Advance for expenses
- 414D-163 Court-ordered indemnification
- 414D-164 Determination and authorization of indemnification
- 414D-165 Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents
- 414D-166 Insurance
- 414D-167 Application of this part Part IX. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
- 414D-181 Authority to amend
- 414D-182 Procedure to amend articles of incorporation
- 414D-183 Articles of amendment
- 414D-184 Restated, amended and restated, articles of incorporation
- 414D-185 Amendment pursuant to judicial reorganization
- 414D-186 Effect of amendment and restatement
- 414D-187 Bylaws
- 414D-188 Approval by third persons Part X. Merger
- 414D-200 Definitions
- 414D-201 Merger
- 414D-201.5 Foreign mergers
- 414D-202 Action on plan by board, members, and third persons
- 414D-203 Articles of merger
- 414D-204 Effect of merger
- 414D-205 Repealed
- 414D-206 Bequests, devises, and gifts
- 414D-207 Conversions into and from corporations
- 414D-208 Articles of conversion
- 414D-209 Repealed
- 414D-210 Effect of conversion
- 414D-211 Limitations on merger by public benefit corporations Part XI. Sale of Assets
- 414D-221 Sale of assets in regular course of activities and mortgage of assets
- 414D-222 Sale of assets other than in regular course of activities Part XII. Distributions
- 414D-231 Prohibited distributions
- 414D-232 Authorized distributions
- 414D-233 Notice to the attorney general of intention to dissolve Part XIII. Dissolution
- 414D-241 Dissolution by incorporators, initial directors, and third persons
- 414D-242 Dissolution by directors, members, and third persons
- 414D-243 Articles of dissolution
- 414D-244 Revocation of dissolution
- 414D-245 Effect of dissolution
- 414D-245.5 Trustees or receivers for dissolved corporations; appointment; powers; duties
- 414D-246 Known claims against dissolved corporation
- 414D-247 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation
- 414D-248 Grounds for administrative dissolution
- 414D-249 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution and effect of expiration
- 414D-250 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution
- 414D-251 Appeal from denial of reinstatement
- 414D-252 Grounds for judicial dissolution
- 414D-253 Procedure for judicial dissolution
- 414D-254 Receivership or custodianship
- 414D-255 Decree of dissolution
- 414D-256 Deposit with director of finance Part XIV. Foreign Corporations
- 414D-271 Authority to transact business required
- 414D-272 Consequences of transacting business without authority
- 414D-273 Application for certificate of authority
- 414D-274 Change of name by foreign corporation
- 414D-275 Effect of certificate of authority
- 414D-276 Corporate name of foreign corporation
- 414D-277 Registered agent of foreign corporation
- 414D-278 Change of registered agent of foreign corporation
- 414D-279 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation
- 414D-280 Service on foreign corporation
- 414D-281 Application to corporations heretofore authorized to transact business in this State
- 414D-282 Withdrawal of foreign corporation
- 414D-283 Grounds for revocation of certificate of authority
- 414D-284 Procedure and effect of revocation
- 414D-285 Appeal from revocation Part XV. Records and Reports
- 414D-301 Corporate records
- 414D-302 Inspection of records by members
- 414D-303 Scope of inspection rights
- 414D-304 Court-ordered inspection
- 414D-305 Limitations on use of membership list
- 414D-306 Financial statements for members
- 414D-307 Report of indemnification to members
- 414D-308 Annual report Part XVI. Superseding Chapters
- 414D-311 Superseding chapters Part XVII. Transition Provisions
- 414D-321 Application to existing domestic corporations
- 414D-322 Application to qualified foreign corporations
- 414D-323 Saving provisions
- 414D-324 Severability
Part I. General Provisions
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