{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-273.237","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 273.237","heading":"Shares of stock and dividends prohibited -- Permissible expenditures.","body":"(1) A corporation shall not have or issue shares of stock. Except as authorized by\nsubsection (2) of this section, no dividend shall be paid and no part of the income or\nprofit of a corporation shall be distributed to its members, directors, or officers.\n(2) A corporation may:\n(a) Pay reasonable compensation to its members, directors, or officers for services\nrendered to the corporation;\n(b) Reimburse reasonable expenses to its members, directors, or officers in\nconnection with services rendered to the corporation;\n(c) Confer benefits upon its members in conformity with its purposes;\n(d) Apply income or profit so as to reduce or eliminate dues, fees, or\ncontributions that otherwise would be payable to the corporation by its\nmembers;\n(e) Make distributions, sub ject to subsection (3) of this section, upon dissolution\nor final liquidation to its members as permitted by KRS 273.161 to 273.390,\nand no such payment, benefit, or distribution shall be deemed to be a dividend\nor a distribution of income or profit;\n(f) Make distributions, subject to subsection (3) of this section, to any entity:\n1. That is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of\n1986, or any successor section; or\n2. That is a state, a possession of the United States, or any politic al\nsubdivision of a state or a possession of the United States, or the United\nStates or the District of Columbia, but only if the distribution under this\nsubparagraph is made exclusively for public purposes; and\n(g) Make distributions, subject to subsectio n (3) of this section and only by a\ncorporation other than a charitable or religious corporation to purchase its\nmemberships.\n(3) A corporation shall not make any distribution under subsection (2)(e), (f), or (g) of\nthis section if at the time of, or as a result of, the distribution:\n(a) The corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the\nusual course of business; or\n(b) The corporation's total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities.","path":["KRS Chapter 273"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48303","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:24Z","sha256":"746ee3d60d65bab46078c5dd651d73738bfbc5ab885b874927882f531a3eeac5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-273.233","next":"us-ky/krs-273.240"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}