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[CITE: 36USC153507]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
            CHAPTER 1535--NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
 
Sec. 153507. Restrictions

    (a) Stock and Dividends.--The corporation may not issue stock or 
declare or pay a dividend.
    (b) Political Activities.--The corporation or a trustee or officer 
as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or 
candidate for elective public office.
    (c) Distribution of Income or Assets.--The income or assets of the 
corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a 
trustee, officer, or member during the life of the corporation or on its 
dissolution or final liquidation. This subsection does not prevent the 
payment of reasonable compensation to an officer or reimbursement for 
actual necessary expenses in amounts approved by the board of trustees.
    (d) Loans.--The corporation may not make a loan to a trustee, 
officer, or employee. Trustees who vote for or assent to making a loan 
to a trustee, officer, or employee, and officers who participate in 
making the loan, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for 
the amount of the loan until it is repaid.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1426.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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153507(a).............................  36:4612.                         Aug. 1
9, 1964, Pub. L. 88-449, Secs.
                                                                          12, 1
3, 15, 78 Stat. 499.
153507(b).............................  36:4615.
153507(c).............................  36:4613(a).
153507(d).............................  36:4613(b).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``shares of'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (c), the words ``inure to the benefit of'' are 
substituted for ``inure to'' for consistency in the revised title.
