PRINTER'S NO. 3077
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1940
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, READSHAW, COHEN, ENGLISH, PICKETT, RADER,
MATZIE, GILLEN, MURT, GABLER AND GIBBONS, APRIL 5, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 5, 2016
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
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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.
For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "fundraising
activities" does not include any of the following:
(i) Copying and printing camera-ready materials.
(ii) Folding solicitations and inserting
solicitations in envelopes.
(iii) Addressing envelopes, including printing and
affixing address labels.
(iv) Mailing or delivering envelopes to a post
office for mailing.
(v) Using computer software to process mail and apply
postal discounts or bar codes.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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