5911 - Amendment of articles authorized. - Pennsylvania Statutes

SUBCHAPTER B AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES Sec. 5911. Amendment of articles authorized. 5912. Proposal of amendments. 5913. Notice of meeting of members. 5914. Adoption of amendments. 5915. Articles of amendment. 5916. Filing and effectiveness of articles of amendment. Subchapter Heading. The heading of Subchapter B was amended December 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177, effective October 1, 1989. Cross References. Subchapter B is referred to in sections 7106, 7107 of this title. § 5911. Amendment of articles authorized. (a) General rule.--A nonprofit corporation, in the manner hereinafter provided in this subchapter, may from time to time amend its articles for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To adopt a new name, subject to the restrictions heretofore provided in this article. (2) To modify any provision of the articles relating to its term of existence. (3) To change, add to, or diminish its purposes, or to set forth different or additional purposes. (4) To restate the articles in their entirety. (5) In any and as many other respects as desired. (b) Exceptions.--No amendment adopted under this section shall amend articles in such a way that as so amended they would not be authorized by this article as original articles of incorporation, except that: (1) Restated articles shall state the address of the current instead of the initial registered office of the corporation in this Commonwealth, and need not state the names and addresses of the first directors or of the incorporators. (2) The corporation shall not be required to revise any other provision of its articles if such provision is valid and operative immediately prior to the filing of such amendment in the Department of State.