AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF YE OLDE CAR CLUB OF THE TRI-CITIES, A NON-PROFIT
CORPORATION
The undersigned, acting as
incorporator, under the Washington Non-profit Corporation Act (Revised Code of
Washington 24.03) hereby adopts and executes the following Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE I Name
The name of this corporation is Ye Olde
Car Club of the Tri-Cities, a Non-profit Corporation.
ARTICLE II
Duration
The period of duration of this
corporation shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE III
Purposes
The purposes for which this non-profit
organization is being formed is to preserve and maintain motor vehicles of
historical value, and to serve as an accurate and technical source of
information concerning historical automobiles for the benefit of its members as
well as the general public.
ARTICLE IV Powers
This corporation shall have the power
to do all lawful acts or things necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry
out and in furtherance of its purposes described in Article III which are
consistent with the Washington Non-Profit Corporation Act and Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE V
Influence Legislation
No substantial part of the activities
of this corporation shall be devoted to attempting to influence legislation by
propaganda, or otherwise, and the corporation shall not participate in, or
intervene in (including the publication or distribution of statements with
respect to) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any
candidate for public office.
ARTICLE VI
Registered Agent Office
The name of the registered agent is
Robert McClary, and the address of the initial registered office of this
nonprofit corporation is 5624 W. 8th, Kennewick, Washington 99336. The written
consent of such person to serve as registered agent is attached hereto.
ARTICLE VII Board
of Directors
The management of this corporation
shall be vested in a Board of Directors. The number of directors, and the method
of selecting directors shall be fixed by the Bylaws of this corporation,
provided that the initial directors shall be eight (8) in number, and their
names and addresses are:
The initial directors shall serve until
the first organizational meeting of the Board of Directors and until their
successors are appointed and qualified.
ARTICLE VIII
Bylaws
The Board of Directors is authorized to
make, alter, amend, or repeal the Bylaws of this corporation, and members shall
have the power to alter, amend, or repeal such Bylaws by a 60% majority vote of
the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IX
Limitations
This corporation shall have no capital
stock, and no part in the net earnings of this corporation shall inure in whole,
or in part, to the benefit of, or be distributable to, any officer, director, or
other individual having a personal or private interest in the activities of the
corporation, or to any person or organization other than an organization which
is exempt from federal income taxation under Sections 501 (a) or 4501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, except that the corporation shall be authorized and
empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered, to make
reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in its behalf, and to make
payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes stated in Article in.
ARTICLE X
Transactions Involving Directors
1. No contracts or other transactions
between this corporation and any other corporation, and no act of this
corporation shall in any way be affected or invalidated by the fact that any
director of this corporation is pecuniarily, or otherwise interested in, or is a
trustee, director, or officer of such other corporation.
2. Any director, individually, or any
firm of which any trustee may be a member, may be a party to, or may be
pecuniarily, or otherwise interested in, any contracts or transactions of the
corporation; provided, that the fact that such director or such firm is so
interested shall be disclosed to or shall have been known by the Board of
Directors or a majority thereof.
ARTICLE XI
Distributions upon Dissolution
Upon any dissolution of this
corporation under provisions of the laws of the State of Washington for
nonprofit organizations, all of its assets remaining after payment of creditors
shall be distributed to one or more organizations selected by the Board of
Directors which are qualified as exempt from taxation under the provisions of
Sections 501(a) and 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor
statutes, and which further purposes set forth in Article III. In no event,
shall any of the corporation's assets be distributed to the officers, directors,
or members of the corporation.
ARTICLE XII
Private Foundation
If this corporation becomes a private
foundation within the meaning of Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
long as its private foundation status continues, the following provisions shall
apply in the management of its affairs:
1. Each year, the corporation shall
distribute the income of the corporation, for the purposes specified in Article
III, at such time and in amounts at least sufficient to avoid liability for the
tax imposed by Section 4942 of the Internal Revenue Code;
2. The corporation shall not engage in
any act of "self-dealing" (as defined in Section 494l (d) of the
Internal Revenue Code) which would give rise to any liability for the tax
imposed by Section 4941 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
3. The corporation shall not sell,
exchange, distribute, or otherwise, dispose of any "excess business
holdings" (as defined in Section 49453(c) of the Internal Revenue Code)
which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4941 (a)
of the Code.
4. The corporation shall not make any
investments which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt
purposes (within meaning of Section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code), and
which would, therefore, give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by
Section 4945(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE XIII
Amendments
This corporation reserves the right to
amend, alter, change, or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of
Incorporation by the affirmative vote of majority of sixty (60) percent of the
Board of Directors.