PRINTER'S NO. 1334
No. 1217 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, CAWLEY, GERLACH, COY, CESSAR, FLICK,
WAUGH, HERMAN, TRELLO, BROWN, CLYMER, STERN, MILLER, LEH,
TRICH, STABACK, GANNON, ARMSTRONG, HANNA, SAURMAN, KING,
GEIST, SEMMEL AND TOMLINSON, APRIL 19, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 19, 1990 (P.L.1200, No.202),
2 entitled "An act providing for the registration and
3 regulation of solicitations by charitable organizations,
4 professional fundraisers and other solicitors; imposing
5 additional powers on the Department of State and the Office
6 of Attorney General; prescribing civil and criminal
7 penalties; and making a repeal," providing for library
8 organizations.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 6(a)(4) of the act of December 19, 1990
12 (P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for
13 Charitable Purposes Act, amended July 9, 1992 (P.L.436, No.92),
14 is amended to read:
15 Section 6. Exemptions from registration.
16 (a) General rule.--The following charitable organizations
17 shall be exempt from the registration requirements of this act:
18 * * *
19 (4) Public nonprofit library organizations which receive
20 financial aid from State and municipal governments and file
1 an annual fiscal report with the State Library System, as
2 well as any independently operated private nonprofit
3 organizations which possess tax exempt status under the
4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
5 1 et seq.) that, pursuant to the organic documents under
6 which private nonprofit organizations are constituted, exist
7 solely to conduct fundraising and other activities in support
8 of a designated public nonprofit library organization,
9 provided that all fundraising activities are carried on by
10 volunteers, members or officers of the private organization
11 and these volunteers, members or officers receive no
12 compensation, directly or indirectly, for the activities.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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