PRINTER'S NO. 1718
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1360
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY M. QUINN, ELLIS, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DOWLING,
EVERETT, PHILLIPS-HILL, McNEILL, MILLARD, NEILSON, C. QUINN,
READSHAW, ROEBUCK AND WATSON, MAY 11, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MAY 11, 2017
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
exemptions from registration, for short form registration,
for registration of professional fundraising counsel and
contracts and for registration of professional solicitors,
contract and disclosure requirements, bonds, records and
books; providing for individual registration of professional
solicitor officers, employees and agents; further providing
for limitation on activities of charitable organizations and
disclosure requirements, 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. The definition of "net proceeds" in 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
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