(a) The certificate of incorporation shall set forth:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-101-304

  • 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.
  • Corporation: means any corporation organized pursuant to this part. See Tennessee Code 48-101-301
  • Directors: means natural persons, designated in the charter or bylaws or elected or appointed by the incorporators, and their successors and natural persons elected or appointed to act as members of the board, irrespective of the names or titles by which such persons are described. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Governing body: means the legislative body of a county or the board or other body in which the general legislative powers of a city or town are vested. See Tennessee Code 48-101-301
  • Housing: means any multi-family housing facilities to be occupied by persons of low and/or moderate income, and/or elderly, and/or handicapped persons as may be determined by the board of directors, which determination shall be conclusive. See Tennessee Code 48-101-301
  • Municipality: means any county or incorporated city or town in this state with respect to which a corporation may be organized. See Tennessee Code 48-101-301
  • Principal office: means the office (in or out of this state) so designated in the annual report where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The names and residences of the applicants, together with a recital that each of them is an elector of and taxpayer in the municipality;
(2) The name of the corporation which shall be The Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board of the ______________ of ______________ (the blanks to be filled in with the name of the municipality), if such name shall be available for use by the corporation and if not available then the incorporators shall designate some other similar name that is available;
(3) A recital that permission to organize the corporation has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality and the date of the adoption of such resolution;
(4) The location of the principal office of the corporation (which shall be in the municipality);
(5) The purposes for which the corporation is proposed to be organized;
(6) The number of directors of the corporation;
(7) The period, if any, for the duration of the corporation; and
(8) Any other matter which the applicants may choose to insert therein which shall not be inconsistent with this part or with the laws of the state of Tennessee.
(b) The certificate of incorporation shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of Tennessee to take acknowledgments to deeds.
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