Bill > A380

Introduced Session

The bill would exempt certain volunteer emergency service organizations from paying registration filing fees under the under the State's "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act." Under current law, charitable organizations, other than religious organizations and schools, which raise over $10,000 in a fiscal year are required to register with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety as charitable organizations. Pursuant to regulations promulgated under the act, these organizations are charged a fee for this registration. Charitable organizations which raise $25,000 or less in a fiscal year, whether they are required to register or voluntarily register under the act, are required to file a short form registration. The fee charged by the division for filing a short form registration is $30. Charitable organizations that raise more than $25,000 are required to file a long form registration. The fee charged by the division for filing a long form registration is $60 if the organization raised $100,000 or less. The long form registration fee for organizations which raise more than $100,000, but less than $500,000 is $150. If the organization raises over $500,000 the fee is $250. Under this bill, non-profit corporations, associations, or organizations located in this State which are regularly engaged in providing emergency medical care, rescue services, the transport of patients, or fire protection services, including part-paid fire departments and fire districts and emergency service providers, would be exempt from paying these filing fees.

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Edward Thomson (R)*,  Gordon Johnson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (on 01/14/2020)