Section 517. Liabilities of members  


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  • (a)  The  members  of a corporation shall not be personally liable for
      the debts, liabilities or obligations of the corporation.
        (b) A member shall be liable to the corporation only to the extent  of
      any   unpaid   portion  of  the  initiation  fees,  membership  dues  or
      assessments which the corporation may have lawfully imposed upon him, or
      for any other indebtedness owed by him to  the  corporation.  No  action
      shall  be  brought by any creditor of the corporation to reach and apply
      any such liability to any debt of  the  corporation  until  after  final
      judgment  shall  have  been rendered against the corporation in favor of
      the  creditor  and  execution  thereon  returned  unsatisfied,  or   the
      corporation  shall have been adjudged bankrupt, or a receiver shall have
      been appointed with power to  collect  debts,  and  which  receiver,  on
      demand  of a creditor to bring suit thereon, has refused to sue for such
      unpaid amount, or the corporation shall have been  dissolved  or  ceased
      its  activities  leaving  debts  unpaid. No such action shall be brought
      more than three years after the happening of any one of such events.