ASSEMBLY, No. 1407

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 29, 1996

By Assemblyman ROONEY

An Act concerning certain charitable organizations and amending P.L.1994, c.16.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Section 9 of P.L.1994, c.16 (C.45:17A-26) is amended to read as follows:

    9. a. The registration requirements of this act shall not apply to any religious corporation, trust, foundation, association or organization incorporated under the provisions of Title 15 or 16 of the Revised Statutes or Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes or established for religious purposes. Any agency or organization incorporated or established for charitable purposes and engaged in effectuating one or more charitable purposes, which is affiliated with, operated by, or supervised or controlled by a corporation, trust, foundation, association, or organization incorporated or established for religious purposes, or any other religious agency or organization shall also be exempt.

    b. The registration requirements of this act shall not apply to any educational institution, the curriculums of which in whole or in part are registered or approved by the State Department of Education or the [State Department of Higher Education] Commission On Higher Education, either directly or by acceptance of accreditation by an accredited body recognized by these departments; an educational institution confining its solicitation of contributions to its student body, alumni, faculty and trustees, and their families; or a library registered by the State Department of Education, provided that the annual financial report of that institution or library shall be filed with the State Department of Education where it shall be open for public inspection.

    c. A charitable organization that meets all of the following requirements shall be considered registered as required by this act:

    (1) The charitable organization is a local unit of a parent organization which is registered pursuant to this act;

    (2) The parent organization has provided all information concerning the local unit required by subsection e. of section 7 or subsection c. of section 8 of this act;

    (3) All solicitations made by the local unit are made by members of the local unit or volunteers;

    (4) The local unit does not employ a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser or utilize paid staff in preparation of materials or records concerning or related to the solicitations; and

    (5) (a) The local unit does not receive gross contributions in excess of $25,000 during the fiscal year; or

    (b) The local unit is an organization that limits membership to persons who are or formerly were employed as officers statutorily authorized to enforce the criminal laws of this State.

    d. Nothing in subsection c. of this section shall be construed to require a parent organization to register any or all of its local units.     e. The registration requirements of this act shall not apply to any charitable organization chartered by Little League Baseball, Incorporated, or to any other charitable organization organized solely for the purpose of promoting little league baseball.

(cf: P.L.1994, c.16, s.9)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill exempts charitable little league baseball organizations from the registration requirements of the “Charitable Registration and Investigation Act.”

Exempts little league baseball from charitable registration.