[§414D-19]  Shares of stock and dividends
prohibited; compensation; distribution.  A corporation under this chapter
shall not authorize or issue shares of stock except for limited-equity housing
cooperatives.  No dividend shall be paid and no part of the income or profit of
a corporation shall be distributed to its members, directors, or officers.  A
corporation may pay compensation in a reasonable amount to its members,
directors, or officers for services rendered, may confer benefits upon its
members in conformity with its purposes, and upon dissolution or final
liquidation may make distributions to its members as permitted by this chapter;
provided that no such payment, benefit, or distribution shall be deemed to be a
dividend or a distribution of income or profit. [L 2003, c 124, §1]