564-F:17-1703 Cy Pres. – (a) To the extent that a foundation is a charitable trust and one of its charitable purposes becomes impossible, impracticable, illegal, obsolete, ineffective, or prejudicial to the public interest to achieve, a court may apply cy pres for the following purposes: (1) Modifying the foundation's certificate of formation or its bylaws; or (2) Directing the foundation to apply or distribute some or all of its property to one or more charitable purposes that: (A) Are useful to the community; (B) Fulfills as nearly as possible the founder's charitable intent; and (C) Do not violate any of the foundation's material purposes; or (3) Terminating the foundation. (b) Any of the following persons may commence a judicial proceeding seeking the application of cy pres to a foundation under this section: (1) A foundation official; (2) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, a beneficiary; and (3) The director of charitable trusts. Source. 2017, 257:47, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
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