State of Arkansas - Office of Secretary of State

Articles of Incorporation

OF

We, the undersigned, acting as incorporators of a corporation under the Arkansas Non-profit Act (Act 1147 of 1993), adopt the following Articles of Incorporation of such corporation:

First: The name of the corporation shall be: RESPOND of Arkansas, Inc.

Second: This corporation is one of the following:

(A) Public - Benefit Corporation [X];
(B) Mutual - Benefit Corporation [ ]; or
(C) Religious Corporation [ ]


Third: Check whether this corporation will have members:

[X] Yes
[_] No


Fourth: Provisions, not inconsistent with the law, regarding the distribution of assets on dissolution:

In the event of the dissolution of the corporation, any assets remaining in the corporation will be transferred into another non-profit organization.


Fifth: The street address of the corporation's initial registered office is: 1014 Blankenship Road, Jonesboro, AR 72401 and the name of its initial registered agent at this office is Regina L Watkins.

Sixth:

Signature of Each Incorporator

s/ Henry Mitchell
s/ David Moore
s/ Terri Moore
s/ Kenny Thompson
s/ Regina Watkins
s/ J. Kevin Watkins

 

State of Arkansas

Secretary of State

Sharon Priest

Secretary of State

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DOMESTIC NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
I, Sharon Priest, Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas, do hereby certify that

RESPOND OF ARKANSAS, INC.

has filed in the office of the Secretary of State, a duly certified copy of its Articles of Incorporation in compliance with the provisions of the law, with their petition from incorporation under the name or style of

RESPOND OF ARKANSAS, INC.

they are therefore hereby declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style aforesaid, with all the powers, privileges and immunities granted in the law thereunto appertaining.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal. Done at office in the City of Little Rock, this 25th day of October, 1995

s/ Sharon Priest

Secretary of State

 

State of Arkansas

Secretary of State

Sharon Priest

Secretary of State

To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greetings:

I, Sharon Priest, Secretary of State of Arkansas, do hereby certify that the following and here unto attached instrument of writing is a true and perfect copy of:



CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

RESPOND OF ARKANSAS, INC.

FILED IN THIS OFFICE:

APRIL 10, 1996



In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal. Done at office in the City of Little Rock, this 10th day of April, 1996.

s/ Sharon Priest

Secretary of State

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION

RESPOND Of Arkansas, Inc., a corporation duly organized, created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, by its Presiding Director or Officer,

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

At a meeting of the membership (or incorporators or board of directors) which was held on March 18, 1996, in the City of Jonesboro, the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation were amended to read as follows:

Article Two

The corporation is a public-benefit Corporation.
The purposes for which the corporation is organized are exclusively charitable, scientific, and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these articles, this organization shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on by an organization except from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.

Article Four

Upon dissolution of the organization, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future Federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the Federal, state or local government for a public purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the county in which the principal office of the organization is then located, exclusively for such purposes.

s/ J. Kevin Watkins

Date: April 8, 1996


 

This is to certify that the attached amendments were adopted on the 18th of March, 1996 with 12 members present and eligible to vote and 12 members voting for and 0 members voting against the adoption of the amendments.

s/ Regina L Watkins, KB5VXD, Secretary