36 USC § 22908 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status

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title: "36 USC § 22908 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "22908"
section_name: "Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status"
chapter_number: 229
chapter_name: "ARMY AND NAVY UNION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
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. 1310.)"
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# § 22908. Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status

**(a)** **Corporate Status.—** The corporation shall maintain its status as a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ohio.

**(b)** **Tax-Exempt Status.—** The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1310.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 22908(a) | 36:3908(f). | Nov. 6, 1986, Pub. L. 99–604, §§ 8(f), 15 (1st sentence), 100 Stat. 3447, 3448. |
| 22908(b) | 36:3914 (1st sentence). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “retain and”, “organized and”, and “the State of” are omitted as unnecessary.