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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION General Not For Profit Corporation Act Jesse White, Secretary of State Department of Business Services 501 S. Second St., Rm. 350 Springfield, IL 62756 217-782-9522 www.cyberdriveillinois.com _____________ File #_____________________ Filing Fee: $50 Approved:________ ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GOLDSTATE REPORTING The undersigned, each of who is a citizen of the United States, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of Illinois, do hereby certify: Article 1. Corporate Name & Location (A) The name of this corporation shall be ‘Goldstate Reporting’. (B) The place where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is Chicago, Illinois. Article 2. Registered Agent & Office The name and address in the State of Illinois of this Corporation’s Registered Agent and initial agent for service of process is as follows: Darin Hetman 515 North Noble Street #602 Chicago, Illinois 60642-7413 Article 3. Incorporators & Board of Directors The names and addresses of the Incorporators, designated to act as the initial Board of Directors and Trustees of this corporation, shall be three in number and are as follows: Matthew F Puckett 2501 Porter Street Northwest #113 Washington, DC 20008-1249 Tyler Barrett 23622 Via Rana Valencia, CA 91355-2654 Darin Hetman 515 North Noble Street #602 Chicago, Illinois 60642-7413

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  • ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION General Not For Profit Corporation Act Jesse White, Secretary of State Department of Business Services 501 S. Second St., Rm. 350 Springfield, IL 62756 217-782-9522 www.cyberdriveillinois.com _____________ File #_____________________ Filing Fee: $50 Approved:________

    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

    GOLDSTATE REPORTING

    The undersigned, each of who is a citizen of the United States, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of Illinois, do hereby certify:

    Article 1. Corporate Name & Location

    (A) The name of this corporation shall be Goldstate Reporting.

    (B) The place where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is Chicago, Illinois. Article 2. Registered Agent & Office The name and address in the State of Illinois of this Corporations Registered Agent and initial agent for service of process is as follows: Darin Hetman 515 North Noble Street #602 Chicago, Illinois 60642-7413 Article 3. Incorporators & Board of Directors

    The names and addresses of the Incorporators, designated to act as the initial Board of Directors and Trustees of this corporation, shall be three in number and are as follows: Matthew F Puckett 2501 Porter Street Northwest #113 Washington, DC 20008-1249 Tyler Barrett 23622 Via Rana Valencia, CA 91355-2654 Darin Hetman 515 North Noble Street #602 Chicago, Illinois 60642-7413

  • Article 4. Corporation Purpose, Tax-Exempt Status, and Other Provisions

    (A) This organization functions for research and educational purposes. More specifically, the organization will provide publicly accessible reports and/or summaries of hearings and meetings carried out by Committees within the United States Congress. (B) Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. (C) This organization is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. (D) This organization shall be perpetual in duration. (E) No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set for in Article 4 hereof. No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation.

    (F) Upon the dissolution of the corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a 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 of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated for such purposes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, being the Incorporators of Goldstate Reporting and the initial Directors named in these Articles of Incorporation, have hereunto subscribed our names this Twenty-fifth day of August, 2013. INCORPORATORS & INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS _________________________________ Matthew F Puckett _________________________________ Tyler Barrett _________________________________ Darin Hetman