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An Act To Protect Nonprofit Organizations from Embezzlement
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 13-B MRSA §721, sub-§3  is enacted to read:
 
3.  Two signatures.     A public benefit corporation shall require that any check issued by the corporation contain at least 2 authorized signatures. The 2 signers may not be related to each other. Checks issued by a public benefit corporation that do not contain 2 authorized signatures of unrelated signers are void.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act to require 2 authorized signatures on every check issued by a public benefit corporation. The signers may not be related. Checks that do not meet this requirement are void.