We shall always put first the best interest of the students and shall insist on careful, adequate protective
equipment, and coaches who know training rules and practice, and will not permit students to play when
the students’ best interests indicate that they should not play.”
The Association shall have the power to fix by resolution of the Board of Directors such membership fees and
charges as it deems appropriate from time to time for the support of the organization.
ARTICLE FIVE
Directors. The Board of Directors of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Inc., shall consist of
twenty (20) members including the Immediate Past President, President, Vice-President and Commissioner of the as
sociation, plus ten (10) principals of member schools or superintendents of systems including member schools, plus
six (6) athletic directors or coaches of member schools; the Directors shall be chosen as provided in the Bylaws of the
Association. Editor’s Note: The names and addresses of the initial members of the Board of Directors are on file with the
North Carolina Secretary of State.
The business and affairs of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Inc., shall be managed by the
Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws.
ARTICLE SIX
Powers. This Association shall have those powers which are necessary and convenient to the execution of the
purposes hereinabove provided.
Provided, however, that no part of the net earnings of the Association shall inure to the benefit of any member,
director, officer of the Association or any private individual (except that reasonable compensation may be paid for ser
vices rendered to or for the Association affecting one or more of its purposes), and no member, director, or officer of
the Association or any private individual shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporate assets on
dissolution of the Association. No substantial part of the activities of the Association shall constitute the carrying on of
propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or participating in or intervening in (including the publica
tion or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles, the Association shall not conduct or carry on any activ
ities not permitted to be conducted or carried on by an organization exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and its regulations as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the Association, the Directors shall pay or make provision for the payment
of all of the liabilities of the Association, and the balance of all money and other property remaining received by the As
sociation from any source shall be used or distributed exclusively for purposes within the intent of Section 501 (c) (3) of
the Internal Revenue Code as the same now exists or as it may be amended from time to time, or the Board of Directors
may distribute all the remaining assets to such organization or organizations formed and operated exclusively for char
itable, educational or benevolent purposes as shall at that time qualify as an exempt organization under Section 501 (c)
(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or the corresponding provisions of any future United States statute.
Or, the Board of Directors may elect, upon dissolution of the Association, to sell the assets of the Association and
to distribute the proceeds from such sale as provided in the preceding paragraph.
ARTICLE EIGHT
The initial registered office of the Association shall be located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Orange County, North Carolina; the initial registered address of the association shall be Craige Mobile Park Offices, Man
ning Drive, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina 27514; and the name of the initial registered agent at such ad
dress shall be Simon F. Terrell. (NOTE: The present registered address of the association is 222 Finley Golf Course Road,
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina 27517; and the name of the present registered agent is Marilyn Q. Tucker.)
ARTICLE NINE
The name of the incorporator is Robert Epting, whose address is 214 West Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, Orange
County, North Carolina, 27517.
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