THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ROSS, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, P. COSTA, CUTLER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KORTZ, KULA, LAWRENCE, MARSICO, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, PICKETT, PYLE, REICHLEY, SCHRODER, K. SMITH, J. TAYLOR, WAGNER, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 15, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations)

of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in officers,

directors and members relating to nonprofit corporations,

further providing for manner of giving notice.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5702(a) of Title 15 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 5702.  Manner of giving notice.

(a)  General rule.--[Whenever written]

(1)  Any notice [is] required to be given to any person

under the provisions of this subpart or by the articles or

bylaws of any nonprofit corporation[, it may] shall be given

to the person either personally or by sending a copy thereof

[by] pursuant to one of the following:

(i)  By first class or express mail, postage prepaid,

[or by telegram (with messenger service specified), telex

or TWX (with answer back received)] or courier service,

charges prepaid, [or by facsimile transmission,] to [his]

the person's postal address [(or to his telex, TWX or

facsimile number)] appearing on the books of the

corporation or, in the case of directors or members of

[an other] another body, supplied by [him] the person to

the corporation for the purpose of notice. [If the notice

is sent by mail, telegraph or courier service, it shall

be deemed to have been given to the person entitled

thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with

a telegraph office or courier service for delivery to

that person or, in the case of telex or TWX, when

dispatched.] Notice under this subparagraph shall be

deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto

when deposited in the United States mail or with a

courier service for delivery to that person.

(ii)  By facsimile transmission, e-mail or other

electronic communication to the person's facsimile number

or address for e-mail or other electronic communications

supplied by the person to the corporation for the purpose

of notice. Notice under this subparagraph shall be deemed

to have been given to the person entitled thereto when

sent.

(2)  A notice of meeting shall specify the [place,] day

[and], hour and geographic location, if any, of the meeting

and any other information required by any other provision of

this subpart.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.