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Senate Bill No. 464
(By Senator Jenkins)
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[Introduced February 2, 2006;
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §31E-3-301 of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that
churches and other religious entities may incorporate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §31E-3-301 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURPOSES AND POWERS.
§31E-3-301. Purposes.
Corporations may be organized under this chapter for any
lawful purpose, including any one or more of the following
purposes: Charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational,
civic, patriotic, political,
religious, social, fraternal,
literary, cultural, athletic, scientific, agricultural,
horticultural, animal husbandry and professional commercial, industrial or trade association.