(a) The articles of incorporation of every nonprofit corporation which is a private foundation, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 509 (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), are considered to contain provisions prohibiting the corporation from

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 10.20.153

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • articles of incorporation: means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of consolidation and all amendments to them, including articles of merger. See Alaska Statutes 10.20.920
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • nonprofit corporation: means a corporation no part of the income or profit of which is distributed to its members, directors, or officers. See Alaska Statutes 10.20.920
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) engaging in an act of self-dealing, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 4941(d) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), which would give rise to liability for the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4941(a) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954);
(2) retaining excess business holdings, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 4943(c) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), which would give rise to liability for the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4943(a) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954);
(3) making an investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes, within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 4944 (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), so as to give rise to liability for the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4944(a) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954); and
(4) making taxable expenditures, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 4945(d) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), which would give rise to liability for the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4945(a) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954).
(b) The articles of incorporation of every nonprofit corporation that is a private foundation, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 509 (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), are considered to contain a provision requiring the corporation to distribute, for the purposes specified in its articles of incorporation, for each taxable year, amounts at least sufficient to avoid liability for the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4942(a) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954).
(c) A nonprofit corporation may at any time amend its articles of incorporation or other instrument governing the corporation, by any amendment process open to it under the laws of this state, to provide that some or all provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to the corporation. A nonprofit corporation formed after August 23, 1971 may provide in its articles of incorporation that some or all provisions of (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to the corporation.
(d) In this section, references to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 include future amendments to those provisions.
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