Bill Text: CA AB2077 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Charitable organizations: enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2014. [AB2077 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2077-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2077	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  465
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 12587.1 of the Government Code, relating
to charitable organizations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2077, Allen. Charitable organizations: enforcement.
   The Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable
Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated
associations trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel,
commercial coventurers, and other legal entities who hold or solicit
property for charitable purposes over which the Attorney General has
enforcement and supervisory powers. That act requires those legal
entities to register, and file specified reports, with the Attorney
General's Registry of Charitable Trusts, as provided.
   The act establishes the Registry of Charitable Trusts Fund in the
State Treasury, which is administered by the Department of Justice.
The act requires, among other specified fees, all registration fees
paid to the Department of Justice pursuant to the act to be deposited
in the fund, and requires those moneys to be used by the Attorney
General, upon appropriation by the Legislature, among other specified
purposes, to operate and maintain the Attorney General's Registry of
Charitable Trusts.
   This bill would additionally require moneys in the fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to be used by the Attorney General
to enforce the registration and reporting provisions of the act.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12587.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   12587.1.  (a) The Registry of Charitable Trusts Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the
Department of Justice.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all registration
fees, registration renewal fees, and late fees or other fees paid to
the Department of Justice pursuant to this article, Section 2850 of
the Probate Code, or Section 320.5 of the Penal Code, shall be
deposited in the Registry of Charitable Trusts Fund.
   (c) Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
shall be used by the Attorney General to operate and maintain the
Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts and Registry of
Conservators, Guardians, and Trustees, and provide public access via
the Internet to reports filed with the Attorney General.
   (d) Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
shall be used by the Attorney General to enforce the registration and
reporting provisions.