36 USC § 200102 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 200102 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "200102"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 2001
chapter_name: "SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1451.)"
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# § 200102. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are to educate members of the florist industry and the public, and to promote scientific development, in floriculture and horticulture.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1451.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200102 | 36:5401 (1st sentence words beginning with “for the education of the general public”). | Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 876, § 1 (1st sentence words beginning with “for the education of the general public”), 31 Stat. 1453; June 29, 1938, ch. 796, 52 Stat. 1226. |

The words “The purposes of the corporation are” are added for consistency in the revised title. The words “to promote” are added for clarity. The words “in all their branches” are omitted as unnecessary.