(a)Notwithstanding any provision of Arkansas law or in the articles of incorporation to the contrary, the articles of incorporation of each corporation organized under this chapter which is an exempt charitable, religious, literary, educational, or scientific organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be deemed to contain the following provisions: "Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the board of directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the corporation exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in such manner, or to such charitable, educational, religious, literary, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt o
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Arkansas law or in the articles of incorporation to the contrary, the articles of incorporation of each corporation organized under this chapter which is an exempt charitable, religious, literary, educational, or scientific organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be deemed to contain the following provisions: "Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the board of directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the corporation exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in such manner, or to such charitable, educational, religious, literary, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law, as the board of trustees shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes." (b) Notwithstanding any provision of Arkansas law or in the articles of incorporation to the contrary, the articles of incorporation of each corporation which is subject to this chapter and which is a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be deemed to contain the following provisions: (1) shall distribute such amounts for each taxable year at such time and in such manner as not to subject the corporation to tax under section 4942 of the Code. (2) shall not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined in section 4941(d) of the Code. (3) shall not retain any excess business holdings as defined in section 4943(c) of the Code. (4) shall not make any taxable expenditures as defined in section 4944 of the Code. (5) shall not make any taxable expenditures as defined in section 4945(d) of the Code. (c) The articles of incorporation of any corporation described in subsection (b) of this section may be amended to expressly exclude the application of subsection (b) and in the event of such amendment, subsection (b) shall not apply to that corporation. All references in this section to sections of the Code shall be to such sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time, or to corresponding provisions of subsequent internal revenue laws of the United States.