BYLAWS OF

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TAIWANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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IN ORANGE COUNTY

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a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation

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ARTICLE I

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NAME

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The name of this corporation is

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ARTICLE II

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OFFICES

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SECTION 2.01.    PRINCIPAL OFFICE

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The principal office for the transaction of the activities and affairs of the corporation ("principal office") is located at                              county, California. The Board of Directors ("the Board") may change the principal office from one location to another.  Any change of location of the principal office shall be noted by the Secretary on these Bylaws opposite this section, or this section may be amended to state the new location.

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SECTION 2.02.    OTHER OFFICES

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The Board may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to conduct its activities.

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ARTICLE III

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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SECTION 3.01.    PURPOSES

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This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person.   It is organized under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable and public purposes.  This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United State Internal Revenue Law). Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, carry on or engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation, and the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (i) by a corporation  exempt  from Federal  income tax under  Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law); (ii) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).

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SECTION 3.02.    LIMITATIONS

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(a) Political activity. No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and this corporation shall not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements in connection with) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

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(b)  Property.  The property, assets, profits and net income are dedicated irrevocably to the purposes set forth in Section 3.01 above.  No part of the profits or net earnings of this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any of its Directors, trustees, officers, members (if any), employees, or to the benefit of any private individual.

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(c) Dissolution. Upon the winding up and dissolution of this corporation, after paying or adequately providing for the payment of the debts, obligations and liabilities of the corporation, the remaining assets of this corporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation or corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and which has established its tax­ exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.)

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ARTICLE V

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DIRECTORS

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SECTION 5.01.    POWERS

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(a) General corporate powers. Subject to the pro­ visions and limitations of the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law and any other applicable laws, and any limitations of the Articles of Incorporation and of these Bylaws, the activities and affairs of the corporation shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction of the Board.

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(b) Specific Powers.  Without prejudice to these general powers, but subject to the same limitations, the Directors shall have the power to:

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(i) Appoint and remove, at the pleasure of the Board, all officers, agents and employees of the corporation; prescribe powers and duties for them that are consistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation and with these Bylaws; and fix their compensation and require from them security for faithful performance of their duties.

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(ii)  Change the principal office or the principal business office in the State of California from one location to another; cause the corporation to be qualified to conduct its activities in any other state, territory, dependency or country and conduct its activities within or outside the State of California; and designate any place within or outside the State of California for the holding of any meeting, including annual meetings.

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(iii) Adopt and use a corporate seal and alter the form thereof.

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(iv)   Borrow money and incur indebtedness on behalf of the corporation and cause to be executed and delivered for the purposes of the corporation, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations and other evidences of debt and securities.

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SECTION 5.02.    NUMBER AND SELECTION OF DIRECTORS

AND RESTRICTIONS ON DIRECTORS

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(a) Authorized number.  The authorized number of Directors shall be seven        . Directors need not be residents of the State of California.

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(b) Selection.  The Board shall be selected as follows:

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(i) Initial Directors. The initial Board members shall be elected by the incorporator(s) named in the corporation's Articles of Incorporation.

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(ii) Subsequent Directors.  At the expiration or earlier termination of the terms of office of the initial Directors, their successors shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of the Board then in office, whether or not less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director.

 

(c) Restrictions on Directors.   Not more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the persons servi.ng on the Board may be interested persons.  An interested person is (1) any person being compensated by the corporation for services rendered to it within the previous twelve (12) months, whether as a full-time or part-time employee, independent contractor, or otherwise; and (2) any brother, sister, ancestor, descendant, spouse, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law or father-in-law of such per­ son.   However, any violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any transaction entered into by the corporation. A Director may not participate in any vote on any proposed transaction with another organization or entity of which such Director is also an employee, principal or Director.

 

SECTION 5.03.    TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS

 

The Directors newly appointed or selected in accordance with section 5.02(b) shall hold office for a term of one (1) year.

 

SECTION 5.04.    VACANCIES

 

(a) Events causing vacancy. A vacancy or vacancies on the Board shall exist on the occurrence of the following: (l) the death, removal, suspension or resignation of any Director; or (ii) the declaration by resolution of the Board of a vacancy in the office of a Director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony or has been found by final order or judgment of any court to have breached a duty under sections 5230 and following of the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law.

 

(b) Resignations. Except as provided in this sub­ section, any Director may resign effective upon giving writ­ ten notice to the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President or the Secretary of the Board, unless such notice specifies a later time for the resignation to become effective.  Except upon notice to the Attorney General of the State of California, no Director may resign when the corporation would then be left without a duly elected Director or Directors in charge of its affairs.

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(c)  Filling vacancies.  Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled by vote of the remaining Directors, whether or not less than a quorum or by a sole remaining Director.

 

(d) No vacancy on reduction of number of Directors. No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director before the Director's term of office expires.

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SECTION 5.05.    PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE

 

Meetings of the Board shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such other place as has been designated by the Board. In the absence of any such designation, meetings shall be held at the principal office of the corporation. Any meeting may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all Directors participating in the meeting can hear one another, and all such Directors shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting.

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SECTION 5.06.    ANNUAL, REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

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(a) Annual Meeting. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in conjunction with the regularly scheduled Board meeting in the month of March of each year for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the tran­saction of other business; provided, however, that the Board may fix another time for the holding of its annual meeting. Notice of this meeting shall not be required.

 

(b) Other Regular Meetings.  The Board shall hold at least four regular business meetings throughout the year; said meetings shall be held without call and on a date to be fixed by resolution of the Board; provided, however, any given monthly meeting may be dispensed with by majority vote of the Board.  Such regular meetings may be held without notice.

 

(c) Special Meetings. 

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(i) Authority To Call.  Special meetings of the Board for any purpose may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or any Vice President, or the Secretary or any two Directors.

 

(ii) Notice.

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a.   Manner of Giving Notice.  Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be given to each Director by one of the following methods:

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1. by personal delivery of written notice;

2. by first-class mail, postage pre-paid;

3. by telephone, either directly co the Director or to a person at the Director's office who would reasonably be expected to communicate that notice promptly to the Director; or

4. by telegram, charges prepaid.

 

All such notices shall be given or sent to the Director's address and/or telephone number as shown on the records of the corporation.

 

b.   Time Requirements.  Notices sent by first-class mail shall be deposited 1n the United States mails at least four (4) days before the time set for the meeting.  Notices given by personal delivery, telephone, or telegraph shall be delivered, telephoned, or given to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time set for the meeting.

 

c. Notice Contents.   The notice shall state the time of the meeting, and the place if the place is other than the principal office of the corporation.  It need not specify the purpose of the meeting.

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Section 5.07. QUORUM

 

A majority of the Authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in section 5.09.  Subject to the more stringent provisions of the California Nonprofit Public Benefits Corporation Law, including, without

limitation, those provisions relating to (i) approval of contracts or transactions in which a Director has a direct or indirect material financial interest, (ii) approval of certain transactions between corporations having common directorship, (iii) creation of an appointment of committees of the Board and (iv) indemnification of Directors, every act or decision meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be   

regarded as the act of the Board.  A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business, notwithstanding the withdrawal of Directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

Section 5.08. WAIVER OF NOTICE

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Notice of a meeting need not be given any Director who signs a waiver of notice or a written consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting.  The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting.   All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the cor­porate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings. Notice  of a meeting  need not be given any Director who attends the meeting without protesting before or at its commencement the lack of notice to such Director.

 

SECTION 5.09.    ADJOURNMENT

 

A majority of the Directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.

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SECTION 5.10.    NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING

 

Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the original meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, in which case notice of any adjournment to another time and place shall be given before  the  time  of  the  adjourned meeting  to the Directors who were not present at the time of the adjourn­ment.

 

SECTION 5.11.    ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board consent in writing to that ·action.  Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as any other validly approved action of the Board.   Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.  For the purposes of this Section 5.11 only, "all members of the Board" shall not include Directors who have a material financial interest in a trans­ action to which the corporation is a party.

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ARTICLE VI

 

COMMITTEES

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SECTION 6.01.    COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

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The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors then in office, may create one or more commit­ tees, each consisting of two or more Directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board.  Appointments to committees of the Board shall be by majority vote of the Directors then in office.  The Board may appoint one or more Directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace an absent member at any meeting.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have all of the authority of the Board, except that no committee, regardless of Board resolution, may:

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(a)  fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee which has the authority of the Board;

 

(b)  establish or fix compensation of the Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;

 

(c)  amend or repeal Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws;

 

(d)  amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repeatable;

 

(e) appoint any other committees of the Board or the members of these committees;

 

(f) approve any contract or transaction to which the corporation is a party and in which one or more of its Directors has a material financial interest, except as such approval is provided for in Section 5233(d)(3) of the California Corporations Code.

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SECTION 6.02.    MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEES

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Meetings and action of committees of the Board shall be governed by, held and taken in accordance with the provi­sions of Article V of these Bylaws, concerning meetings and other action of the Board, except that the time for regular meetings of such committees and the calling of special meetings thereof may be determined either by resolution of the Board or, if there is no Board resolution, by resolution of the committee of the Board. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of any committee of the Board and shall be filed with the corporate records.   The Board may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provi­sions of these Bylaws or in the absence of rules adopted by the Board, the committee may adopt such rules.

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ARTICLE VII

 

OFFICERS

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SECTION 7.01.    OFFICERS

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The officers of the corporation shall include a President, a Secretary, and a Chief Financial Officer.  The corporation may also have, at the Board's discretion, a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more assistant Secretaries, one or more assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with Section 7.03 of these Bylaws.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that neither the Secretary nor the Chief Financial Officer may serve concurrently as either the President or the Chairman of the Board.

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SECTION 7.02.    ELECTION OF OFFICERS

 

The officers of the corporation, except those appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.03 of this Article VII, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

 

SECTION 7.03.    OTHER OFFICERS

 

The Board may appoint and may authorize the Chairman of the Board or the President or another officer to appoint any other officers that the corporation may require, each of whom shall have the title, hold office for the period, have the authority and perform the duties specified in the Bylaws or determined from time to time by the Board.

 

SECTION 7.04.    REMOVAL OF OFFICERS

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by an officer on whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 7.05.    RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS

 

Any officer may resign upon written notice to the corporation without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

SECTION 7.06.    VACANCIES IN OFFICE

 

A vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal or other cause, shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments to that office.

 

SECTION 7.07.    RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS

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(a)  Chairman of the Board.  If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he or she shall preside at meetings of the Board and shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as the Board may assign from time to time.  If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall also be the Chief Executive Officer and shall have the powers and duties of the President of the corporation prescribed by these Bylaws.

 

(b)  President/Chief Executive Officer.  Subject to the control and supervision of the Board, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer and general manager of the corporation and shall generally supervise, direct and control the activities and affairs and the officers of the corporation.  The President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, shall preside at all meetings of the Board.  The President shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these Bylaws.

 

(c)  Vice Presidents.  In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their rank, shall perform all of the duties of the President, and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the President.  The Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them by the Board or the Bylaws.

 

(d)  Secretary.

 

(i) Book of minutes.  The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal office or such other place as the Board may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of the Board and of committees of the Board.  The Secretary shall also keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office in the State of California, a copy of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended to date. If the corporation is one having members, the Secretary shall also maintain a complete and accurate record of the membership of the corporation, as well as a record of the pro­ceedings of all meetings of the membership.

 

(ii) Notices, seal and other duties.  The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Board and of committees of the Board required by these Bylaws to be given.  The Secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation in safe custody and shall have such other powers and  perform  such  other  duties  as may  be prescribed by the Board or the Bylaws.

 

(e) Chief Financial Officer.

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(i) Books of account.   The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall keep or maintain, or cause to be kept or maintained, adequate and correct books and accounts of the properties and transactions of the corporation, and shall send or cause to be sent to the Directors such financial statements and reports as are required by law or these Bylaws to be given.  The books of account shall be open to inspection by any Director at all reasonable times.

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(ii) Deposit and disbursement of money and valuables.   The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board, shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, shall render to the President or Chairman of the Board, if any, when requested, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the corporation and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Bylaws.

 

(iii) Bond. IF required by the Board, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the corporation a bond in the amount and with the surety or sureties specified by the Board for faithful performance of the duties of the office and for restoration to the corporation of all its books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of every kind in the possession  or under  the control of the Chief Financial Officer upon death, resignation, retirement or removal from office.

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ARTICLE VIII

 

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

SECTION 8.01. INDEMNIFICATION

 

(a) Right of Indemnity.  To the full extent per­ mitted  by  law,  this  corporation  shall  indemnify  its Directors, officers, employees and other persons described in Section 5238(a) of the California Corporation Code, including persons formerly occupying any such position, against all expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any "proceeding", as that term is used in such Section and including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a person described  by such Section.   "Expenses", as used in this Bylaw, shall have the same meaning as in Section 5238(a) of the California Corporation Code.

 

(b) Approval of Indemnity.  Upon written request to the Board by any person seeking indemnification under Section 5238(b) or Section 5238(c) of the California Corporation Code, the Board shall promptly determine in accordance with Section 5238(e) of the Code whether the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5238(b) or Section 5238(c) has been met and, if so, the Board shall authorize indemnification.   If the Board cannot authorize indemnification because the number of Directors who are parties to the proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought is such as to prevent the formation of a quorum of Directors who are not parties to such proceeding, the Board or the attorney or other person rendering services in connection with the defense shall apply to the court in which such proceeding is or was pending to determine whether the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5238(b) or Section 5238(c) has been met.

 

(c) Advancement of Expenses.  To the full extent permitted by law and except as is otherwise determined by the Board in a specific instance, expenses incurred by a person seeking indemnification under these Bylaws in defending any proceeding covered by these Bylaws shall be advanced by the corporation prior to the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person that the advance will be repaid unless it is ultimately determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation therefor.

 

SECTION 8.02. INSURANCE

 

The corporation shall have the right to purchase and maintain insurance to the full extent permitted by law on behalf of its officers, Directors, employees and other agents of the corporation, against any liability asserted against or incurred by an officer, Director, employee or agent in such capacity or arising out of the officer's, Director's, employee's or agent's status as such.

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ARTICLE IX

 

RECORDS AND REPORTS

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SECTION 9.01.       MAINTENANCE OF CORPORATE RECORDS

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The corporation shall keep:

 

(a) Adequate and correct books and records of account;  

(b) Minutes in written form of the proceedings of the Board and committees of the Board. 

(c)  If applicable, a record of its members, giving their names and addresses and the class of membership held.

 

SECTION 9.02.   INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS

 

Every Director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and the records of each of its subsidiary corporations.  This inspection by a Director may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents.

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SECTION 9.03. ANNUAL REPORT

 

Except as provided under Section 6321(c)(d) or (f) of the California Corporations Code, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation, the Board shall cause an annual report to be sent to all members of the Board.  Such report shall con­tain the following information in reasonable detail:

 

(i) The assets and liabilities, including the trust funds, of the corporation as of the end of the fiscal year.

 

(ii) The principal changes in assets and liabilities, including trust funds, during the fiscal year. 

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(iii) The revenue or receipts of the corporation, both unrestricted and restricted to particular purposes, for the fiscal year.

 

(iv) The expenses or disbursements of the cor­poration, for both general and restricted purposes, during the fiscal year.

 

(vi) Any information required by Section 9.04.

 

SECTION 9.04.      ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CERTAIN

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TRANSACTIONS AND INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

The corporation shall prepare annually and furnish to each director a statement of any transaction or indem­nification of the following kind within one hundred twenty (120)   days after the close of the fiscal year of the cor­poration:

 

(a) Any transaction to which the corporation, its parent or its subsidiary was a party, and in which any Director or officer of the corporation, its parent or sub­sidiary (but mere common director-ship shall not be con­sidered such an interest) had a direct or indirect material financial interest, if such transaction involved over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or was one of a number of trans­ actions with the same person involving, in the aggregate, over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

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(b) Any indemnifications or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or Director of the  corporation pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof.

 

The statement shall include a brief description of the transaction, the names of the Director(s) or officer(s) involved, their relationship to the corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where practicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a partnership in which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated.

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ARTICLE X

 

CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

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Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these Bylaws.  Without limiting the generality of the above, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular and the term "person" includes both a legal entity and a natural person.

 

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ARTICLE XI

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AMENDMENTS

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SECTION 11.01. ACTION BY THE BOARD

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The Bylaws may be amended or repealed and new Bylaws may by adopted by a majority vote of the Board.

 

SECTION 11.02.        LIMITATIONS ON AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

Where any provision of these Bylaws requires the vote of a larger proportion of the Directors than otherwise is required by law, such provision may not be altered, amended or repealed except by the vote of such greater number.   No amendment may extend the term of a Director beyond that for which such Director was elected.

 

SECTION 11.03. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS

 

The Secretary of the corporation shall see that a true and correct copy of all amendments of the Bylaws, duly certified by the Secretary, is attached to the official Bylaws of the corporation and is maintained with the official records of the corporation at the principal office of the corporation.

 

CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

 

I, the undersigned, certify that I am the presently elected and acting Secretary of TAIWANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN

ORANGE COUNTY, a California Nonprofit Pbulic Benefit corporation, and the above Bylaws, are the Bylaws of this corporation as adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on March 15, 1993. 

 

Executed on March 15, 1993 at Newport Beach California.

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DANIEL C. HSU                          , Secretary

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