PRINTER'S NO. 2089
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1240
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, DELOZIER, BARBIN, DEAN, DeLUCA, EVERETT,
MURT, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, REESE AND WATSON,
AUGUST 10, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, AUGUST 10, 2015
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
definitions, for powers and duties of secretary and for
registration of charitable organizations, financial reports,
fees and failure to file; providing for supplemental
financial disclosure and for financial statements for
specific disaster relief solicitations; further providing for
registration of professional fundraising counsel and
contracts, for registration of professional solicitors,
contract and disclosure requirements, bonds, records and
books; providing for individual licensure of professional
solicitor officers, employees and agents; further providing
for investigation, subpoenas, injunctions and court orders,
for administrative enforcement and penalties and for criminal
penalties; and establishing the Charitable Organization
Regulation Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of December 19, 1990
(P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for
Charitable Purposes Act, is amended by adding definitions to
read:
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