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  "text": "(1) A public benefit corporation has a board of directors.\n(2) The constitution must provide for all the powers of the corporation to be exercisable by the board of directors on its behalf.\n(3) But the constitution may provide for any of those powers to be delegated to a committee of directors or to an executive director.",
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