{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-6014","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 17-6014","heading":"Application of the Kansas general corporation code to nonstock corporations.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), the provisions of the Kansas general corporation code shall apply to nonstock corporations in the manner specified in this subsection:\n(1) All references to stockholders of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to members of the corporation;\n(2) all references to the board of directors of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to the governing body of the corporation;\n(3) all references to directors or to members of the board of directors of the corporation shall be deemed to refer to members of the governing body of the corporation; and\n(4) all references to stock, capital stock or shares thereof of a corporation authorized to issue capital stock shall be deemed to refer to memberships of a nonprofit nonstock corporation and to membership interests of any other nonstock corporation.\n(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:\n(1) K.S.A. 17-6002(a)(4), (b)(1) and (b)(2), 17-6009(a), 17-6301, 17-6404, 17-6505, 17-6518, 17-6520(b), 17-6601, 17-6602, 17-6703, 17-6705, 17-6706, 17-6707, 17-6708, 17-6801, 17-6805, 17-6805a, 17-7001, 17-7002, 17-7503(d)(4), 17-7504 and 17-7505(d)(4), and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6014, and amendments thereto, that apply to nonstock corporations by their terms;\n(2) K.S.A. 17-6002(e), the last sentence of 17-6009(b), 17-6401, 17-6402, 17-6403, 17-6405, 17-6406, 17-6407(d), 17-6408, 17-6411, 17-6412, 17-6413, 17-6414, 17-6415, 17-6416, 17-6417, 17-6418, 17-6501, 17-6502, 17-6503, 17-6504, 17-6506, 17-6509, 17-6512, 17-6521, 17-6603, 17-6604, 17-6701, 17-6702, 17-6803 and 17-6804, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6427 and 17-72a04, and amendments thereto; and\n(3) articles 72 and 73 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.\n(c) In the case of a nonprofit nonstock corporation, subsection (a) shall not apply to:\n(1) The sections and articles listed in subsection (b);\n(2) K.S.A. 17-6002(b)(3), 17-6304(a)(2), 17-6507, 17-6508, 17-6712, 17-7503, 17-7505 and 17-7509, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-6011(a)(2) and (a)(3), and amendments thereto; and\n(3) article 64 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, other than K.S.A. 17-6428 and 17-6429, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 17-72a01 through 17-72a09, and amendments thereto.\n(d) For purposes of the Kansas general corporation code:\n(1) A \"charitable nonstock corporation\" is any nonprofit nonstock corporation that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3);\n(2) a \"membership interest\" is, unless otherwise provided in a nonstock corporation's articles of incorporation, a member's share of the profits and losses of a nonstock corporation or a member's right to receive distributions of the nonstock corporation's assets, or both;\n(3) a \"nonprofit nonstock corporation\" is a nonstock corporation that does not have membership interests; and\n(4) a \"nonstock corporation\" is any corporation organized under the Kansas general corporation code that is not authorized to issue capital stock.","path":["Chapter 17.—CORPORATIONS","Article 60.—FORMATION OF CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_060_0014.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:45Z","sha256":"c32534b3a00975741b313e7db6aaac553c723c84605eb9800e7ce8485165c9ae","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-6013","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-6015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}