FIRST: The name of this corporation is Chi Rho Associations,
Inc.
SECOND: Its registered office in the State of Texas is to be
located at 7322 Maplecrest Drive in the City of Dallas, County of Dallas.
The registered agent in charge thereof is Randall P. Labac, and is located
at the same address.
THIRD: The nature of the business and the objects and purposes
proposed to be transacted, promoted and carried on are to do any and all
the things herein mentioned, as fully and to the same extent as natural
persons might or could do, and in any part of the world, vis:
This is a nonstock, nonprofit corporation. The purpose of the corporation
is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which nonprofit corporations
may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Texas.
Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious,
and fraternal purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions
to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(10)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of
any future United States Internal Revenue Law), to wit:
The purpose of this corporation shall be to unite all Chi Rho fraternity
members, to provide service to member's churches and/or communities, to
preserve the rich history of Chi Rho fraternity, to encourage friendship
and to nourish the spiritual well being of its members.
FOURTH: The corporation shall not have any capital stock and
the conditions of membership shall be stated in the Bylaws.
FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is: Randall
P. Labac, 7322 Maplecrest Drive, Dallas, TX 75240.
SIXTH: The powers of the incorporator are to terminate upon filing
of the Certificate of Incorporation, and the names and mailing addresses
of the persons who are to serve as directors until their successors are
elected are as follows:
Bronson Havard, 6930 Galemeadow Circle, Dallas, TX 75214
Randall P. Labac, 7322 Maplecrest Drive, Dallas, TX 75240
Peter Reisinger, 401 Fleming, Apt. 608, Wylie, TX 75098
J. Shaw Skinner, 610 E. Holland Avenue, Alpine, TX 79830
SEVENTH: The activities and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors which shall
constitute the whole Board shall be such as from time to time shall be
fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws, but in no case shall
the number be less than one. The directors need not be members of the corporation
unless so required by the Bylaws or by Statute. The Board of Directors
shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of the corporation
to be held on such date as the Bylaws may provide, and shall hold office
until their successors are respectively elected and qualified. The Bylaws
shall specify the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum.
The Board of Directors may, by resolutions passed by a majority of the
whole Board, designate one or more committees which, to the extent provided
in said resolution or resolutions or in the Bylaws of the corporation,
shall have and may exercise all the powers of the Board of Directors in
the management of the activities and affairs of the corporation. They may
further have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed
to all papers which may require it; and such committee or committees shall
have such name or names as may be stated in the Bylaws of the corporation
or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors. The directors of the corporation may, if the Bylaws
so provide, be classified as to term of office. The corporation may elect
such officers as the Bylaws may specify, subject to the provisions of the
Statute, who shall have titles and exercise such duties as the Bylaws may
provide. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter,
or repeal the Bylaws of this corporation. This corporation may in its Bylaws
confer powers upon its Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing,
and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon
them by the Statute. This is true, provided that the Board of Directors
shall not exercise any power of authority conferred herein or by Statute
upon the members.
EIGHT: Meetings of members may be held without the State of Texas,
if the Bylaws so provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject
to any provisions contained in the Statutes) outside the State of Texas
at such place or places as may be from time to time designated by the Board
of Directors.
NINTH: No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure
to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, directors, officers
or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized
and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and
to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth
in Article Three thereof. No substantial part of the activities of the
corporation shall consist of the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise
attempting to intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of
statements) any of these articles. The corporation shall not carry on any
other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt
from Federal Income Tax under Section 501(c) (10) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States
Internal Revenue Law) or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are
deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
(or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue
Law).
TENTH: Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the Board of
Directors shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all
of the liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all the assets of the
corporation exclusively for the purpose of the corporation in such manner,
or to such organization or organizations and operated exclusively for charitable,
religious or fraternal purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt
organization under Section (c) (10) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
(or the corresponding provision of any future United States Law) as the
Board of Directors shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of
shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which
the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for
such purposes or to such organizations, as said Court shall determine,
which are organized and operated exclusively for such designated purposes.
ELEVENTH: The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter,
change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation,
in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the Statute, and all rights
conferred upon members herein are granted subject to their reservation.
TWELFTH: Directors of the corporation shall not be liable to
either the corporation or its members for monetary damages for a breach
of fiduciary duties unless the breach involves: (1) a director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation; (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct to a knowing violation of law; (3)
a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of December A.D. 1998 .
_______________Randall P. Labac______________