Title: S.L. 1995-650
Category: Session Law

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 650
SENATE BILL 838

AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 131F-3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131F-3.  Exemptions.
The following are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter:
(1)	Any person who solicits charitable contributions for a religious institution.
(2)	Solicitation of charitable contributions by the federal, State, or local government, or any of their agencies.
(3)	Any person who receives less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in contributions in any calendar year and does not provide compensation to any officer, trustee, organizer, incorporator, fund-raiser, or solicitor.
(4)	Any educational institution, the curriculum of which, in whole or in part, is registered, approved, or accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or an equivalent regional accrediting body, and any educational institution in compliance with Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes, and any foundation or department having an established identity with any of these educational institutions.
(5)	Any hospital licensed pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 131E or Article 2 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes and any foundation or department having an established identity with that hospital if the governing board of the hospital, authorizes the solicitation and receives an accounting of the funds collected and expended.
(6)	Any noncommercial radio or television station.
(7)	A qualified community trust as provided in 26 C.F.R. § 1.170A-9(e)(10) through (e)(14).
(8)	A bona fide volunteer or bona fide employee or salaried officer of a charitable organization or sponsor.
(9)	An attorney, investment counselor, or banker who advises a person to make a charitable contribution.
(10)	A volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or emergency medical service. 
(11)	A Young Men's Christian Association or a Young Women's Christian Association."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

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