PRINTER'S NO. 842
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
769
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, MURT,
PICKETT, SAMUELSON, BOBACK, NEILSON AND JAMES, MARCH 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 11, 2019
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 registration of professional solicitors,
contract and disclosure requirements, bonds, records and
books and for limitation on activities of charitable
organizations and disclosure requirements.
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 a definition to
read:
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Total operating expenses." The costs related to the
provision of goods or services associated with the charitable
organization's charitable purpose, as determined in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the
charitable organization.
Section 2. Sections 9(h) and 13(b) of the act are amended by
adding paragraphs to read:
Section 9. Registration of professional solicitors; contract
and disclosure requirements; bonds; records;
books.
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(h) Required disclosures.--Prior to orally requesting a
contribution or contemporaneously with a written request for a
contribution, a professional solicitor shall be responsible for
clearly and conspicuously disclosing:
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(4) The percentage of the charitable organization's
funds received from solicitations or other fundraising
activities that are used by the charitable organization for
its total operating expenses.
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Section 13. Limitation on activities of charitable
organizations; disclosure requirements.
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(b) Solicitation disclosures.--A charitable organization
soliciting in this Commonwealth shall include all of the
following disclosures at the point of solicitation:
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(5) The percentage of the charitable organization's
funds received from solicitations or other fundraising
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activities that are used by the charitable organization for
its total operating expenses.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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