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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:12:1811",
  "title_number": "12",
  "section_number": "1811",
  "citation": "R.S. 12:1811",
  "heading": "Corporate purposes",
  "text": "A. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating a general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose as described in R.S. 12:1-201 et seq.\n\nB. The articles of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under R.S. 12:1-201 et seq. and Subsection A of this Section. The identification of a specific public benefit under this Subsection shall not limit the obligation of a benefit corporation under Subsection A of this Section.\n\nC. The creation of a general public benefit and specific public benefit under Subsections A and B of this Section is in the best interests of the benefit corporation.\n\nD. A benefit corporation may amend its articles to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum vote.\n\nE. A professional corporation that is a benefit corporation shall not be deemed in violation of R.S. 12:804, 904, 984, 1054, 1074, 1089, 1113, 1133, 1154, 1193, or 1403 by having the purpose to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.",
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      "number": "12",
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      "number": "27",
      "name": "BENEFIT CORPORATIONS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "CORPORATE PURPOSES"
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  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 12 › Chapter 27 › Part II",
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      "act_year": 2012,
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      "act_year": 2018,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2012, No. 442, §1; Acts 2018, No. 560, §2, eff. May 28, 2018.",
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