§419-2  Articles of incorporation; contents. 
(a)  Articles of incorporation under this chapter shall be delivered to the
director for filing, certified and executed by the bishop, chief priest,
presiding elder, or other presiding officer forming the corporation sole and
shall set forth:



(1)  The name of the corporation;



(2)  The name and address of the officer forming the
corporation, the office which the officer holds in the church, and that the
officer is duly authorized by the rules, regulations, or discipline of the
church to take the action;



(3)  The boundaries of the district subject to the
ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the officer forming the corporation sole, in
accordance with the rules, regulations, or discipline of the church;



(4)  The place of the principal office of the
corporation sole, which shall be in the State;



(5)  The term for which the corporation sole is
organized, which may be perpetual;



(6)  The manner in which any vacancy occurring in the
office of the bishop, chief priest, presiding elder, or other presiding officer
forming the corporation sole is required to be filled by the rules,
regulations, or constitution of the church;



(7)  Additional powers to be set forth in its
articles, in accordance with section 414D-52;



(8)  Any lawful provision for the regulation of the
affairs of the corporation sole, including restrictions upon the power to amend
all or any part of the articles; and



(9)  That the corporation is not organized for profit.



(b)  If any articles of incorporation presented
to the director under this chapter are not in conformity with the requirements
of this section the director shall return the same to the incorporator
specifying wherein the same fails to conform with this section and the
incorporator may amend the articles and present them so amended.  If the
articles of incorporation are in conformity with law, the director shall file
the articles of incorporation. [L Sp 1941, c 58, pt of §1(6766); RL 1945,
§8402; RL 1955, §175-2; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §15; am L 1963, c 114, §3; HRS
§419-2; am L 1980, c 259, §15; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17; gen
ch 1985; am L 1988, c 373, §13; am L 2002, c 40, §53]