{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156e-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156E, § 9","heading":"General public benefit; specific public benefit","body":"Section 9. (a) In addition to its purposes under chapter 156D as a business corporation, a benefit corporation shall have the purpose of creating general public benefit.\n(b) The articles of organization of a benefit corporation may identify 1 or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purpose as a business corporation and under subsection (a). The identification of a specific public benefit under this subsection shall not limit the obligation of a benefit corporation under subsection (a).\n(c) The creation of a general public benefit and a specific public benefit under subsections (a) and (b) shall be in the best interest of the benefit corporation.\n(d) A benefit corporation may amend its articles of organization to add, amend or delete the identification of a specific public benefit under chapter 156D; provided, however, that the elimination of an optional specific public benefit shall not significantly diminish or eliminate the general public benefit required in this subsection.\n(e) A professional corporation that is a benefit corporation shall not be in violation of section 3 of chapter 156A by having the purpose to create a general public benefit or a specific public benefit.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156E"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156E/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:42Z","sha256":"6a483516bb730bd6e6371d54bb52d525264a993fec152ad9b370aea3b88ed795","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156e-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156e-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}