PRINTER'S NO. 202
No. 195 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, M. WHITE, BELL, TOMLINSON, COSTA, ARMSTRONG, MELLOW, KUKOVICH, TARTAGLIONE AND BOSCOLA, JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2001
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," further providing for 8 registration fees and late filing fees. 9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 10 hereby enacts as follows: 11 Section 1. Section 5(p) and (q) of the act of December 19, 12 1990 (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 are amended to read: 15 Section 5. Registration of charitable organizations; financial 16 reports; fees; failure to file. 17 * * * 18 (p) Annual registration fees.--[A charitable organization 19 which submits a short form registration statement pursuant to 20 section 7 or receives contributions of $25,000 or less during
1 the immediately preceding fiscal year shall pay an annual 2 registration fee of $15. A charitable organization which 3 receives contributions in excess of $25,000 but less than 4 $100,000 during the immediately preceding fiscal year shall pay 5 an annual registration fee of $100. A charitable organization 6 which receives contributions in excess of $100,000 but not 7 exceeding $500,000 during the immediately preceding fiscal year 8 shall pay an annual registration fee of $150. A charitable 9 organization which receives contributions in excess of $500,000 10 during the immediately preceding fiscal year shall pay an annual 11 registration fee of $250. A parent organization filing on behalf 12 of one or more affiliates and a federated fundraising 13 organization filing on behalf of its member agencies shall pay a 14 single annual registration fee for itself and such other 15 affiliates or member agencies included in the registration 16 statement.] No charitable organization required to register with 17 the department pursuant to this section shall be required to pay 18 a registration fee of any kind, unless such organization is 19 subject to the criteria of subsection (q). 20 (q) Late filing fees.--[In addition to the registration fee, 21 an] An organization failing to file a registration application 22 by the due date shall pay [an additional] a fee of $25 for each 23 month or part of the month after the date on which the 24 registration statement and financial report were due to be filed 25 or after the period of extension granted for such filing. 26 * * * 27 Section 2. This act shall apply to all registrations 28 received on or after the effective date of this act. 29 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. A8L10RZ/20010S0195B0202 - 2 -