§ 3501. — 3501. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 694, Sec. 65.)

California § 3501.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code CORP: Corporations Code - CORP
• Div.: 1.5.
• Title 1.: DIVISION 1.5. SOCIAL PURPOSE CORPORATIONS ACT
• Ch. 11.: CHAPTER 11. Records and Reports

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(a)
The board shall cause a special purpose current report to be sent to the shareholders not later than 45 days following the occurrence of any one or more of the events specified in subdivision (b) or (c), and, to the extent consistent with reasonable confidentiality requirements, shall cause the special purpose current report to be made publicly available by posting it on the social purpose corporation’s Internet Web site or providing it through similar electronic means.
(b)
Unless previously reported in the most recent annual report, the special purpose current report shall identify and discuss, in reasonable detail, any expenditure or group of related or planned expenditures, excluding compensation of officers and
directors, made in furtherance of the special purpose objectives, whether an operating expenditure, a capital expenditure, or some other expenditure of corporate resources, including, but not limited to, employee time, whether the expenditure was direct or indirect, and whether the expenditure was categorized as overhead or otherwise where the expenditure has or is likely to have a material adverse impact on the social purpose corporation’s results of operations or financial condition for a quarterly or annual fiscal period.
(c)
Unless previously reported in the most recent annual report, the special purpose current report shall identify and discuss, in reasonable detail, any decision by the board or action by management to do either of the following:
(1)
Withhold expenditures or a group of related or planned expenditures, whether temporarily or permanently, that were to have been
made in furtherance of the special purpose as contemplated in the most recent annual report, whether those planned expenditures were an operating expenditure, a capital expenditure, or some other expenditure of corporate resources, including, but not limited to, employee time, whether the planned expenditure was direct or indirect, and whether the planned expenditure to be made would have been categorized as overhead or otherwise, in any case, where the planned expenditure was likely to have had a material positive impact on the social purpose corporation’s impact in furtherance of its special purpose objectives, as contemplated in the most recent annual report.
(2)
Determine that the special purpose has been satisfied or should no longer be pursued, whether temporarily or permanently.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 694, Sec. 65. (SB 1301) Effective January 1, 2015.