Section 803. Certificate of amendment; contents  


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  • (a)  To  accomplish any amendment, a certificate of amendment entitled
      "Certificate  of  amendment  of  the  certificate  of  incorporation  of
      ............................  (name of corporation) under section 803 of
      the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law" shall be signed and delivered to the
      department of state. It shall set forth:
        (1)  The name of the corporation and, if it has been changed, the name
      under which it was formed.
        (2) The date  its  certificate  of  incorporation  was  filed  by  the
      department of state and the law under which it was formed.
        (3)  That  the corporation is a corporation as defined in subparagraph
      (a) (5) of section 102 (Definitions); the  type  of  corporation  it  is
      under  section  201  (Purposes);  and  if  the  corporate  purposes  are
      enlarged, limited or otherwise changed, the type of corporation it shall
      thereafter be under section 201.
        (4) Each amendment effected thereby, setting forth the subject  matter
      of  each  provision  of  the certificate of incorporation which is to be
      amended or eliminated and the full text of the provision or  provisions,
      if any, which are to be substituted or added.
        (5)   The  manner  in  which  the  amendment  of  the  certificate  of
      incorporation was authorized.
        (6)  A  designation  of  the  secretary  of  state  as  agent  of  the
      corporation  upon  whom  process  against  it may be served and the post
      office address within or without this state to which  the  secretary  of
      state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him.
        (b)  Any  number  of  amendments  or  changes  may  be included in one
      certificate under this section. Such certificate may  also  include  any
      amendments  or  changes permitted by other sections and in that case the
      certificate shall set forth any additional  statement  required  by  any
      other  section  specifying  the contents of a certificate to effect such
      amendment or change.