The purpose of this corporation shall be:

• a) To rescue abused, disabled, or at-risk animals (predominantly focused on farm animals).
• b) To rehabilitate back to health, physically and psychologically.
• c) To identify and transition rehabilitated animals to a healthy and safe forever home.
• d) To retain a certain population of rehabilitated animals at Hidden Bee Rescue where they can live out the remainder of their lives.
• e) To educate and support the community in animal awareness, including but not limited to safety, care, and abuse indicators.

No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of any board member, official, or individual. The corporation shall not engage in propaganda or intervention in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office or lend legislative support.

In the event of the dissolution of the corporation, and prior to the completion thereof, all liabilities and obligations of the corporation shall be paid, satisfied, and discharged, and all of the remaining assets, property, and income owned or held by the corporation shall be expended for or applied to the purposes of the corporation, or one or more of such purposes, by transferring and conveying such assets, property, and income to one or more corporations or organizations organized and operated exclusively for a similar purpose to which exemption from income taxes has been granted under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), and no part of such remaining assets, property, or income shall be distributed to board members or to any other persons whatsoever.

The Board of Directors consisting of a President, Secretary, and a Treasurer shall be the governing body of the Corporation.

The officers shall be elected for a term of one year. No officer shall serve in the same office for more than three consecutive terms.

A majority of Board members shall constitute a quorum.

Board members are expected to attend all regularly scheduled meetings. If unable to attend, a Board member shall contact an Officer prior to the meeting. A Board member who is absent without contacting an Officer from two consecutive regular meetings during a year shall be considered for removal from the Board and replaced.

The term of office for all elected board members will end on December 31st of the year their term expires.

The President shall preside over and conduct meetings.

The Secretary shall record attendance at all meetings, take the minutes of all meetings, notify the members of the time and place of meetings, and conduct the correspondence of the organization.

The Treasurer shall keep and maintain the financial records of the organization.

Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held monthly. Special meetings may be called by the President. All meetings of the Board of Directors must have a quorum to conduct official business.

An annual meeting of the Corporation shall be held in January on a date to be determined by the Board of Directors. Members shall be notified in writing not less than ten days or more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

A special meeting of the Corporation may be called at any time by the Board of Directors.

The quorum of the annual meeting or special meeting of the membership shall be a simple majority of those members present at the meeting.

Members shall not have the right to act by proxy at meetings of the Corporation.

The annual financial report shall be prepared by the Treasurer, approved by the Board, and presented to the membership at its annual meeting.

An annual audit shall be conducted.

No committee or member shall have any authority to make any contract, or to incur any indebtedness, obligation, or liability in the name of, or on behalf of this Corporation without the authority and approval of the Board.

The fiscal year for the Corporation shall be from January 1st to December 31st.

For emergency expenditures that may be necessary between board meetings, expenditures up to one hundred dollars ($100) can be approved by at least one Officer.