Ark. Code Ann. § 6-2-107

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Change of name or provisions

Official statutory text

(a) Whenever the trustees of any corporate institution of learning are desirous of changing its name or the provisions of its charter, they may meet at their regular place of transacting business and change the name of the institution or the provisions of its charter. (b) A majority of all the trustees shall consent to the change, and no change shall be made without due notice of the meeting and the intention thereof given to the several trustees at least ten (10) days before the time of such meeting. (c) When a change of name or of the provisions of the charter shall be made, the changes shall not be effective until they are approved by the State Board of Education. (d) When a change is so approved, a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees providing for such a change, together with a certificate of the State Board of Education as to its approval, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and recorded by him or her in a book to be kept for such purposes. Acts 1911, No. 375, §§ 11, 12; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1774, 1775; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 64-1411, 64-1412.

(a) Whenever the trustees of any corporate institution of learning are desirous of changing its name or the provisions of its charter, they may meet at their regular place of transacting business and change the name of the institution or the provisions of its charter.

(b) A majority of all the trustees shall consent to the change, and no change shall be made without due notice of the meeting and the intention thereof given to the several trustees at least ten (10) days before the time of such meeting.

(c) When a change of name or of the provisions of the charter shall be made, the changes shall not be effective until they are approved by the State Board of Education.

(d) When a change is so approved, a copy of the resolution of the board of trustees providing for such a change, together with a certificate of the State Board of Education as to its approval, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and recorded by him or her in a book to be kept for such purposes.

Acts 1911, No. 375, §§ 11, 12; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1774, 1775; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 64-1411, 64-1412.

Status: in_force

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