THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MOUL, BEYER, BOYD, CREIGHTON, DePASQUALE, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARRIS, M. KELLER, KILLION, KOTIK, MILLER, MURT, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, ROCK, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH, FEBRUARY 2, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 2, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 19, 1990 (P.L.1200, No.202),

entitled "An act providing for the registration and

regulation of solicitations by charitable organizations,

professional fundraisers and other solicitors; imposing

additional powers on the Department of State and the Office

of Attorney General; prescribing civil and criminal

penalties; and making a repeal," further providing for

exemptions from registration.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6(a)(3) of the act of December 19, 1990

(P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for

Charitable Purposes Act, amended July 9, 1992 (P.L.436, No.92),

is amended to read:

Section 6.  Exemptions from registration.

(a)  General rule.--The following charitable organizations

shall be exempt from the registration requirements of this act:

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(3)  A local post, camp, chapter or similarly designated

element or a county unit of such elements of:

(i) any veterans' organization chartered under

Federal law and any service foundation recognized in the

bylaws of such organization;

(ii)  a bona fide organization of volunteer firemen;

(iii)  a bona fide ambulance association;

(iv)  a bona fide rescue squad association; or

(v)  a bona fide auxiliary or affiliate of any

organization or association under subparagraph (i), (ii),

(iii) or (iv);

[provided that all fundraising activities of an organization

or association under subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or

(v) are carried on by volunteers, members or an auxiliary or

affiliate thereof, and those volunteers, members or

affiliates receive no compensation directly or indirectly for

the fundraising activities.]

provided that volunteers, members or an auxiliary or

affiliate of an organization or association under

subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) receive no

compensation directly or indirectly for carrying on

organization or association funddraising activities and

further provided that no fundraising activities of such an

organization or association are carried on by a professional

solicitor.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.