CHAPTER 35 - SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS FOR PROFIT CORPORATION CODE
Section 35-1 Title; Definitions; Purposes
35-1.01 Short Title.
Corporation Code.”
This Code shall be known and may be cited as the “Spokane Tribe of Indians
Legislative History-Enacted, 5/19/03, Resolu. 2003-337
35-1.02 Definitions.
(a) “Articles of Incorporation” include the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments
thereof and include Articles of Merger.
(b) “Authorized shares” means the aggregate number of shares, whether with or without par value,
which the corporation is authorized to issue.
(c) “Corporation” means a corporation subject to the provisions of this Code.
(d) “Court,” except where otherwise specified, means the Spokane Tribal Court having jurisdiction
over civil actions.
(e) “Electronic transmission” means any process of communication not directly involving the
physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of
information by the recipient.
(f) “Incorporator” means a signer of the original Articles of Incorporation.
(g) “Registered office” means that office maintained by the corporation on the Reservation, the
address of which is on file with the Tribe.
(h) “Reservation” means the lands within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation
over which the Spokane Tribe has jurisdiction.
(i) “Shareholder” means 1 who is a holder of record of shares in a corporation.
(j) “Shares” are the units into which the shareholders’ right to participate in the control of the
corporation, in its surplus or profits, or in the distribution of its assets, are divided.
(k) “Tribe” means the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
Legislative History-Enacted, 5/19/03, Resolu. 2003-337; Readopted 8/01/06, Resolu. 2006-524.
35-1.03 Authorized Purposes for Organization of Corporation. Corporations for profit may be organized
under this Code for any lawful purpose or purposes.
Legislative History-Enacted, 5/19/03, Resolu. 2003-337; Readopted 8/01/06, Resolu. 2006-524.
35-1.04 General Powers. Each corporation shall have the power:
(a) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless a limited period of duration is stated
in its Articles of Incorporation;
(b) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name;
(c) To have a corporate seal and to use the same by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced;
(d) To purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise acquire, and to
own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal in and with real or personal property, or any
interest therein, wherever situated;
(e) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any
part of its property and assets;
(f) To lend money to, and otherwise assist, its employees in compliance with corporate bylaws;
(g) To make contracts and incur liabilities; to borrow money at such rates of interest as the
corporation may determine without regard to the restrictions of any usury law; to issue its notes,
bonds, and other obligations; and to secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or
any of its property, franchises, and income.
(h) To make guarantees respecting the contracts, securities, or obligations of any person; including,
but not limited to, any shareholder, affiliated or unaffiliated individual, domestic or foreign
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