RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
IOWA ASSOCIATION PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of this nonprofit corporation is, IOWA ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, INC. The corporation is organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 504A of the 2003 Code of Iowa. The corporation Federal tax ID number is
42-1260264.
ARTICLE II
The corporation official address is ______________________, ______________________________,_____________________County,
Iowa.
The corporation registered agent is ______________________.
ARTICLE III
The corporations objectives are to provide multiple sources of professional benefits including, education and training, publications, networking among members and working with state and Federal regulators on matters of interest to the private investigative profession.
ARTICLE IV
The corporation shall be of perpetual duration.
ARTICLE V
The corporation shall have no less than five (5) or more than nine (9) officers and directors. The five mandatory officers and directors of the corporation shall be its president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and immediate past president. The corporation may at its discretion have not more than four (4) additional directors. The corporations voting members at its annual
meeting shall elect all officers and directors of the corporation for one-year terms. No officer or director shall hold the same corporate office for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
ARTICLE VI
The corporations annual meeting shall, if possible, be held during the month of July. In the event that it becomes impossible to hold its annual meeting in July, the corporations annual meeting shall be held in August of the same year. The corporation directors shall set the date of the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VII
The corporation directors shall, not more than ninety (90) days after the filing of these Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Iowa Secretary of State, establish by-laws for the day-to-day operation of the corporation. The by-laws may include, but not be limited to periodic corporation meetings; membership and the qualifications needed to gain and retain membership in the corporation; membership fees; the duties of individual members of the board of directors; voting rights; how votes may be cast; corporation committees; and, the selection of corporation committee membership. The by-laws shall also establish the total number of members to sit on the corporation board of directors.
ARTICLE VIII
Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 504A of the 2003 Code of Iowa, in the event of the dissolution of this corporation, all assets not needed for payment of liabilities, including expenses of dissolution, shall be transferred to the Iowa Crime Victim Reparation Fund or another nonprofit or charitable organization. No member of the corporation shall have any interest in any of the corporation assets or any right to share in the distribution of the assets.
ARTICLE IX
Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 504A section 39 of the 2003 Code of Iowa, it is hereby stated that these restated articles of incorporation correctly set forth the provisions of the articles of incorporation as theretofore or thereby amended, that they have been duly adopted as required by law and that they supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto.
These restated articles of incorporation of the Iowa Association of Private Investigators, Inc., were duly voted upon and approved by the voting membership of the corporation at its annual meeting held in Urbandale, Iowa on August 1, 2003. And shall become effective upon their filing with the Iowa Secretary of State.
President
Iowa Association of Private Investigators