36 USC § 152703 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s152703"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 152703 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "152703"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 1527
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM, INCORPORATED"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1418.)"
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# § 152703. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to promote, in every way, patriotic, scientific, educational, and civic improvement activities and public safety in skiing, by such means as the dissemination of information and the formation of volunteer local patrols consisting of competent skiers trained in first aid for the purpose of preventing accidents and rendering speedy assistance to individuals sustaining accidents; and

**(2)** to solicit contributions of money, services, and other property for, and generally to encourage and assist in carrying out these purposes in every way.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1418.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 152703 | 36:1503. | Dec. 2, 1980, Pub. L. 96–489, § 3, 94 Stat. 2553. |

In clause (1), the words “in every way” are substituted for “in any and all ways” for consistency in this section and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “by such means as” are substituted for “including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “with respect thereto” and “the administration of” are omitted as unnecessary.