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ARTICLE 13: MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS <br />Section 13.01. Maintenance and Inspection of Articles and Bvlaws. The corporation shall keep at its <br />principal office in this state, the original or a copy of its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as amended <br />to date, which shall be open to inspection by the Directors at all reasonable times during office hours. <br />Section 13.02. Maintenance and Inspection of Other Corporate Records. The accounting books, <br />records, and minutes of proceedings of the Soard of Directors and any committees of the Corporation <br />shall be kept at such place or places designated by the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such <br />designation, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written or <br />typed form, and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written or typed form or in any <br />other form capable of being converted into written, typed, or printed form. Upon leaving office, each <br />officer, employee, or agent of the corporation shall tum over to his or her successor or the President and <br />Chief Executive Officer, in good order, such corporate monies, books, records, minutes, lists, <br />documents, contract or other property of the corporation as have been in the custody of such officer, <br />employee, or agent during his or her term of office. <br />Every director shaft have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, <br />and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary <br />corporations. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall inGude the <br />right to copy and make extracts of documents. <br />ARTICLE 14: FISCAL YEAR <br />The fiscal year of the corporation shall run from July 1 through June 30 of each year. <br />ARTICLE 15: CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS <br />Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of the construction, and <br />definitions contained in the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of North Carolina as <br />amended from time to time shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality <br />of the foregoing, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter, the singular number incudes <br />the plural and the plural number inGudes the singular, and the term "person" inGudes a corporation as <br />well as a natural person. If any competent court of law shall deem any portion of these Bylaws invalid or <br />inoperative, then so far as is reasonable and possible (i) the remainder of these Bylaws shall be <br />considered valid and operative, and (ii) the effect shah be given to the intent manifested by the portion <br />deemed invalid or inoperative. <br />ARTICLE 16: AMENDMENTS <br />These Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by vote of two thirds of the Directors then <br />in office. Such action is authorized only at a duly called and held meeting of the Board of Directors for <br />which written notice of such meeting, setting forth the proposed Bylaw revisions with explanations <br />thereof, is given in accordance with these Bylaws. <br />October Z0, 1993 <br />10 <br />