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New Beginnings Horse
Rescue and Rehabilitation
By-Laws
Adopted: March 31, 2006
Amended: October 06,
2006
ORGANIZATIONAL
BY-LAWS
Article
I - Name and Purpose
Section 1
The corporate name of
this Organization is New Beginnings Horse and Rehabilitation, a.k.a.
New Beginnings.
Section 2
New Beginnings is
organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within
the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
any corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The
specific purpose of New Beginnings is to provide a program of horse
rescue for physically or psychologically abused, neglected,
troubled, or abandoned equines and to provide rehabilitation,
retraining, and placement, where indicated, or retirement within an
environment of physical well-being and trust. In support of these
efforts New Beginnings Horse will employ and promote natural horse
keeping and training methods as well as behavioral correction
through the use of large animal massage and other natural
techniques. New Beginnings seeks to increase beneficial human and
equine relationships through animal/human interaction and
education. .
Article II –
Members
Section 1
This corporation shall
have no members.
Article III -
Board of Directors
Section 1
The Board is
responsible for setting policy and governing the organization, and
holds the power to conduct the nonprofit’s business and to delegate
that power as needed to the Executive Director. New Beginnings Horse
Rescue and Rehabilitation will have no fewer than three (3) Members
of its Board of Directors.
Section 2
Members of the Board
are appointed by the Board for three (3) year, renewable terms.
Section 3
The Board is
responsible for removal of Board Members (with or without cause) and
filling any vacancies that might occur on the Board.
Section 4
Board Members will not
be compensated for services as Members of the Board, except that by
resolution of the Board, Directors may be reimbursed for expenses
incurred on behalf of New Beginnings Horse Rescue and
Rehabilitation.
Section
5
The Board of Directors
will meet quarterly and may hold its meetings at such times and
places as a majority of the Directors in office determine. The Board
may delegate this determination to the Chair. Board Members will be
notified by mail, telephone, email, or fax, two weeks before each
regularly scheduled Board Meeting. Written notice of a meeting is
not required. Special Board meetings may be called by the Chair of
the Board, the Executive Director, or a majority of the Board
Members.
Section
6
A majority of the
Members of the Board present will constitute a quorum. Except where
otherwise required by law, the Articles, or these Bylaws, the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at a duly
held meeting shall be sufficient for any action. The Board will
conduct its business according to Roberts Rules of Order. Duly
called meetings may be held by conference call or other
technological means.
Section 7
The New Beginnings
Board will have a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such
other Officers as the Board of Directors may determine. The Officers
shall be elected by affirmative vote of a majority of the Board
present at a duly held meeting. Officers shall serve terms fixed by
the Board of Directors. A Member of the Board may hold more than one
Office at the same time. The Board of Directors may fill a vacancy
in an Office, for any reason.
Section 8
The President shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform
such duties as determined by the Board. The Secretary is responsible
for preparing Board Minutes and the Treasurer is responsible for
keeping and reviewing the Corporate Books and dispensing corporate
funds. The Secretary and the Treasurer shall perform other such
duties as determined by the Board. All Officers will be Members of
the Board of Directors.
Section 9
The Board may set up
Committees. The Board is responsible for outlining how Committees
are to function on behalf of the Organization.
Article IV –
Dissolution
Section 1
Upon dissolution of New Beginnings Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation,
the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provisions for
payment of any and all liabilities of this Corporation, dispose of
all assets of the Corporation to a non profit organization for the
purpose of rescuing equines. The non profit organization to which
such assets go must be operated exclusively for charitable,
educational, or scientific purposes and at the time qualify as an
exempt organization under Section 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) of the Internal
Revenue Service Code of 1986, or of a future United States Internal
Revenue Law. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of
by the Court of Common Pleas of the County in which the principal
office of New Beginnings Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation is located
for such purposes as the Court shall determine.
Article V -
Amendment of the Bylaws
Section 1
The Board of Directors
may from time to time adopt, amend, or repeal all or any of the
Bylaws of this Organization. |