(a) Without the consent of the board, a membership list or any part thereof may not be obtained or used by any person for any purpose unrelated to a member‘s interest as a member. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the consent of the board a membership list or any part thereof may not be:

non profit

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-66-107

  • 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.
  • Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
    (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Mutual benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation which becomes by operation of law a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Person: includes individual and entity. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Used to solicit money or property unless such money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of the members in an election to be held by the corporation;
(2) Used for any commercial purpose; or
(3) Given or sold to or purchased by any person.
(b) Instead of making a membership list available for inspection and copying pursuant to this part, a mutual benefit corporation may elect to proceed under the procedures set forth in § 48-57-201.
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