The bills would transfer the functions of the Plumbing Division to a new, private, not-for-profit corporation headed by the same officials who have headed the agency for nearly four years.

Then Mr. Bush "privatized" (his term) $9 billion in university assets, transferring them to a nonprofit corporation known as Utimco that could make investment decisions behind closed doors.

Originally managed by a government department, the state-owned forests had been transferred to a public corporation in 1987 as an initial stage of the privatization programme.

Commonly held tribal property was transferred to a corporation, Menominee Enterprises, Inc. (MEI).

The task of operating SaudiNIC was transferred by ministerial direction to a statutory corporation, the Communications and Information Technology Commission.

That's because Connecticut this year decided to transfer control of its 24-year-old lottery, a $650 million a year business, to a quasi-public corporation.

Moreover, management of the non-military aspects of the bases should be transferred to a civilian corporation, which would be a joint venture of American and Philippine companies.

In 1964, the Westminster Presbyterian Church voted to transfer the ownership of the hospital to a new corporation, known as Abbott Hospital Incorporated.

The station licensee went bankrupt in August, and KYA was transferred to a new corporation by the end of 1929.

And they left a detailed paper trail, including notes about the scheme and a forged deed transferring the mansion to a corporation they control, according to the charges.