"Public benefit corporation" means a domestic corporation that is the following:

1. (1) Either:

   1. (A) formed as a public benefit corporation under this title;
   2. (B) designated as a public benefit corporation by another law;
   3. (C) recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
   4. (D) otherwise organized for a public or charitable purpose, including a veterans organization or a post, a unit, or an auxiliary of the veterans organization, that is chartered by a federal statute for patriotic, public, or charitable purposes and recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(4) or Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2. (2) Restricted so that on dissolution the corporation must distribute the corporation's assets to an organization organized for a public or charitable purpose, a religious corporation, the United States, a state, or a person that is recognized as exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
3. (3) Not a religious corporation.

As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.96-1993, SEC.5.