06.12.130 Inspection of Non-Profit Corporate Records.
(1) A non-profit corporation shall keep at least the following records:
(1) Minutes of all members’ meetings and board of director’s meetings and actions of members or of the board of directors without a meeting;
(2) Appropriate accounting records;
(3) Detailed records of the use of any money donated to a public benefit corporation;
(4) Names and addresses of all members and the class of voting rights held by each;
(5) Current articles of incorporation and bylaws;
(6) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors.
(2) Upon five days written notice, the Economic Development and Operations Director or his duly-authorized representative or a member of the non-profit corporation is entitled to inspect the records referred to in section (1) above.
(3) In the case of inspection by a member, the right is subject to the following requirements:
(A) The member’s demand must be made in good faith and for a proper purpose;
(B) The member must describe with reasonable particularity his or her purpose and the records he or she desires to inspect; and
(C) The records must be directly connected with his or her purpose.
(4) The non-profit corporation may impose a reasonable charge covering the costs of labor to prepare materials for inspection by a member.
(5) A member’s agent or attorney has the same inspection rights as the member he or she represents when the member has presented the non-profit corporation in writing and signed and dated by the member, for the member’s agent or attorney to inspect records.
(6) A non-profit corporation may take reasonable steps to prevent the dissemination of trade secrets, proprietary information or other commercially-sensitive information to persons other than non-profit corporate members or authorized representatives of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.