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(13) Research.
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(14) Agricultural.
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(15) Horticultural.
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(16) Soil improvement.
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(17) Crop improvement.
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(18) Livestock or poultry improvement.
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(19) Professional, commercial, industrial, or trade |
association.
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(20) Promoting the development, establishment, or |
expansion
of industries.
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(21) Electrification on a cooperative basis.
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(22) Telephone service on a mutual or cooperative |
basis.
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(23) Ownership and operation of water supply |
facilities for
drinking and general domestic use on a |
mutual or cooperative basis.
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(24) Ownership or administration of residential |
property on a
cooperative basis.
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(25) Administration and operation of property owned on |
a
condominium basis or by a homeowner association.
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(26) Administration and operation of an organization |
on a
cooperative basis producing or furnishing goods, |
services,
or facilities primarily for the benefit of its |
members who
are consumers of those goods, services, or |
facilities.
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(27) Operation of a community mental health board or |
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center
organized pursuant to the Community Mental Health |
Act for the purpose of
providing direct patient services.
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(28) Provision of debt management services as |
authorized by the Debt
Management Service Act.
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(29) Promotion, operation, and administration of a
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ridesharing arrangement as defined in Section 1-176.1 of
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the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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(30) The administration and operation of an |
organization for the
purpose of assisting low-income |
consumers in the acquisition of utility and
telephone |
services.
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(31) Any purpose permitted to be exempt from taxation |
under
Sections 501(c) or 501(d)
of the United States |
Internal Revenue Code,
as now in
or hereafter amended.
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(32) Any purpose that would qualify for tax-deductible |
gifts under the
Section 170(c) of the United States |
Internal Revenue Code, as now
or hereafter amended. Any |
such purpose is deemed to be charitable
under subsection |
(a)(1) of this Section.
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(33) Furnishing of natural gas on a cooperative basis.
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(34) Ownership and operation of agriculture-based |
biogas (anaerobic digester) systems on a cooperative basis |
including the marketing and sale of products produced from |
these, including but not limited to methane gas, |
electricity, and compost. |
(35) Ownership and operation of a hemophilia program, |
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including comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic treatment |
centers, under Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security |
Act. The hemophilia program may employ physicians, other |
health care professionals, and staff. The program and the |
corporate board may not exercise control over, direct, or |
interfere with a physician's exercise and execution of his |
or her professional judgment in the provision of care or |
treatment. |
(36) Engineering for conservation services associated |
with wetland restoration or mitigation, flood mitigation, |
groundwater recharge, and natural infrastructure. |
Non-profit engineering for conservation services may not |
be procured by qualifications based selection criteria for |
contracts with the Department of Transportation, Illinois |
State Toll Highway Authority, or Cook County, except as a |
subcontractor or subconsultant. |
(b) A corporation may be organized hereunder to serve in |
an
area that adjoins or borders (except for any intervening
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natural watercourse) an area located in an adjoining state
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intended to be similarly served, and the corporation may
join |
any corporation created by the adjoining state having
an |
identical purpose and organized as a not-for-profit
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corporation. Whenever any corporation organized under this
Act |
so joins with a foreign corporation having an identical
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purpose, the corporation shall be permitted to do business
in |
Illinois as one corporation; provided (1) that the name,
bylaw |
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provisions, officers, and directors of each
corporation are |
identical, (2) that the foreign corporation
complies with the |
provisions of this Act relating to the
admission of foreign |
corporation, and (3) that the Illinois
corporation files a |
statement with the Secretary of State
indicating that it has |
joined with a foreign corporation
setting forth the name |
thereof and the state of its incorporation.
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(Source: P.A. 101-57, eff. 7-12-19.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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