Section 2. In this chapter, unless a contrary intention appears:

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156B sec. 2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

(a) ”corporation” shall mean a corporation to which, under section three, this chapter applies; and

(b) ”articles of organization” of a corporation shall mean its articles of organization, including any special act of incorporation, as from time to time amended by any of the following amendments:

(1) a certificate of a vote adopting the provisions of this chapter filed pursuant to section five;

(2) a certificate of a vote establishing a series filed pursuant to section twenty-six;

(3) articles of amendment filed pursuant to section seventy-two or section seventy-three;

(4) restated articles of organization filed pursuant to section seventy-four;

(5) articles of consolidation or merger filed pursuant to section seventy-eight, section seventy-nine, section eighty-two or section eighty-three;

(6) articles of dissolution filed pursuant to section one hundred; and

(7) a certificate as to the revival of a corporation filed pursuant to section one hundred and eight.

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