ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF Carnation – Duvall Citizen Corps Council The undersigned, acting as an incorporator under the Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act (Revised Code of Washington 24.03) hereby adopts and executes the following Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE I Name The name of this corporation is Carnation- Duvall Citizen Corps Council. ARTICLE II Duration The period of duration of this corporation shall be perpetual. ARTICLE III Purposes The purposes for which this corporation, a nonprofit charitable organization, is formed are: • 1. To provide public education, training and volunteer opportunities to support community and family safety. • 2. To engage in any other lawful activity which may hereafter be authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the purposes for which the corporation is formed shall at all times be consistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it now exists or as hereafter amended (the "Code"), including within such purposes the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. ARTICLE IV Powers This corporation shall have the power to do all lawful acts or things necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out and in furtherance of its purposes described in Article III which are consistent with the Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act and Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. ARTICLE V Influence Legislation No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall be devoted to attempting to influence legislation by propaganda or otherwise, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publication or distribution of statements with respect to) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. ARTICLE VI Registered Office The address of the initial registered office of this corporation is P.O. Box 644, Carnation, WA 98014, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is James Francis. The written consent of such person to serve as registered agent is attached hereto. ARTICLE VII Board of Directors The management of this corporation shall be vested in a Board of Directors. The number of directors, and the method of selecting directors, shall be fixed by the Bylaws of this corporation; provided, that the initial directors shall be six (6) in number and their names and addresses are: Name Address D. Mark Smith 27034 NE Miller St., Duvall, WA 98019 L. Ward Norton 27023 NE Miller St., Duvall, WA 98019 Gene Laughlin P.O. Box 778, Duvall, WA 98019 Kathy Brasch 11405 W. Lake Joy Drive NE, Carnation, WA 98014 James Francis 6802 353rd Ave NE, Carnation WA 98014 Laurie Clinton P.O. Box 104, Carnation, WA 98014 The initial directors shall serve until the first organizational meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are appointed and qualified. ARTICLE VIII Bylaws The Board of Directors is authorized to make, alter, amend, or repeal the Bylaws of this corporation. ARTICLE IX Limitations This corporation shall have no capital stock and no part of the net earnings of this corporation shall inure in whole or in part to the benefit of, or be distributable to, any officer, director, or other individual having a personal or private interest in the activities of the corporation, or to any person or organization other than an organization which is exempt from federal income taxation under Sections 501(a) and 501(c)(3) of the Code, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered, to make reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in its behalf, and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes stated in Article III. ARTICLE X Transactions Involving Directors • 1. No contracts or other transactions between this corporation and any other corporation, and no act of this corporation shall in any way be affected or invalidated by the fact that any director of this corporation is pecuniary or otherwise interested in, or is a trustee, director, or officer of, such other corporation. • 2. Any director, individually, or any firm of which any trustee may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniary or otherwise interested in, any contracts or transactions of the corporation; provided, that the fact that such director or such firm is so interested shall be disclosed to or shall have been known by the Board of Directors or a majority thereof. ARTICLE XI Distributions upon Dissolution Upon any dissolution of this corporation under provisions of the laws of the State of Washington for nonprofit corporations, all of its assets remaining after payment of creditors shall be distributed to one or more organizations selected by the Board of Directors which are qualified as exempt from taxation under the provisions of Sections 501(a) and 501(c)(3) of the Code, or any successor statutes, and which further the purposes set forth in Article III. In no event shall any of the corporation's assets be distributed to the officers, directors, or members of the corporation. ARTICLE XII Amendments This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change, or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting of the Board of Directors. ARTICLE XIV No Members The corporation shall have no members. ARTICLE XV Incorporator The name and address of the incorporator are: Name Address James Francis 6802 353rd Ave NE, Carnation, WA 98014 Dated: March 17, 2003 ______________________________ James Francis Incorporator CONSENT TO APPOINTMENT OF REGISTERED AGENT I, James Francis, hereby consent to serve as registered agent, in the State of Washington, for the Carnation-Duvall Citizen Corps Council. I understand that as agent for the corporation, it will be my responsibility to accept service of process in the name of the corporation; to forward all mail and license renewals to the appropriate officer of the corporation; and to immediately notify the Office of the Secretary of State of my resignation or of any changes in the address of the registered office of the corporation for which I am agent. DATED: March 17, 2003 ______________________________ James Francis Registered Agent