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Page 8 of 9 ARTICLE SEVEN - CORPORATE RECORDS AND ADMINISTRATION 7.01 MINUTES OF CORPORATE MEETINGS The Corporation shall keep at the principal office, or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a Corporate Record Book containing minutes of all meetings of the Corporation's Members, Directors, and committees. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether the meeting was regular or special, a copy of the notice given or written waiver thereof, and, if it is a special meeting, how the meeting was authorized. The minutes of all meetings shall further show the proceedings and the names of those present. Minutes of Member meetings shall also show the number of votes present or represented. 7.02 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND ANNUAL REPORTS The Corporation shall maintain current true and accurate financial records with full and correct entries made with respect to all financial transactions, including all income and expenditures, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. Based on these records, the Board of Directors shall annually prepare or approve a report of the Corporation's financial activity for the preceding year. The report must conform to accounting standards as promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and must include a statement of support, revenue, expenses, and changes in fund balances, a statement of functional expenses, and balance sheets for all funds. All record, books, and annual reports of the financial activity of the Corporation shall be kept at its principal office for at least three years after the closing of each fiscal year and shall be available to the public for inspection and copying there during normal business hours. The Corporation may charge for the reasonable expense of preparing a copy of a record or report. 7.03 MEMBERSHIP REGISTER The Corporation shall keep, at the principal office, a membership register showing the names of the Members, their addresses, the date they became a Member, and the date any former Member's membership terminated. The above-specified information may be kept on an information storage device, such as electronic data processing equipment, provided that the equipment is capable of reproducing the information in clearly legible form for the purposes of inspection by any Member, Director, officer, or agent of the Corporation during regular business hours. 7.04 CORPORATE SEAL The Board of Directors may at any time adopt, prescribe the use of, or discontinue the use of, such corporate seal as it deems desirable, and the appropriate officers shall cause such seal to be affixed to such documents as the Board of Directors may direct. 7.05 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be January 1 to December 31 of each year. The Treasurer shall forthwith arrange a consultation with the Corporation's tax advisers to determine whether the Corporation is to have a fiscal year other than the calendar year. If so, the Treasurer shall file an election with the Internal Revenue Service as early as possible, and all correspondence with the IRS, including the application for the Corporation's Employer Identification Number, shall reflect such non-calendar year election. 7.06 MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS All institutional and endowment funds shall be handled pursuant to the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act (Texas Property Code Section 163.001 et seq.) 7.07 LOANS TO OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND MEMBERS The Corporation shall not loan money to any of its Directors, officers, or members.
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