36 USC § 30103 - Membership

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title: "36 USC § 30103 - Membership"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "30103"
section_name: "Membership"
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "BIG BROTHERS—BIG SISTERS 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. 1315.)"
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# § 30103. Membership

**(a)** **Eligibility.—** Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights, privileges, and designation of classes of members are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

**(b)** **Voting.—** Each member has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1315.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30103 | 36:886. | Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, § 6, 72 Stat. 1692. |

In subsection (a), the words “are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation” are substituted for “shall . . . be determined as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may provide” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.

In subsection (b), the words “the right to” are omitted as unnecessary.