Terms Used In Missouri Laws 352.070

  • 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.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any corporation formed under this chapter or any existing corporation formed for benevolent, religious, scientific or educational purposes, may amend its charter in any matter germane to such charter, by submitting the proposed amendment to the circuit court, and in other respects proceeding as required in section 352.060 for the original articles of agreement. And upon the issuing of a certified copy of such amendment by the secretary of state, such amendment shall become and be part of the charter of such corporation, with like effect and validity as though originally incorporated in such charter. Any such corporation may, without losing its personal identity, change its corporate name as an amendment to its charter.