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Panel advances bill to let charities file a single notice and pay one fee
Summary
Representative Lynn's HB1553, advanced 8-0 by the Department and Agency Subcommittee, would let charities combine an initial notice and final paperwork and pay one fee when ceasing operations, aiming to reduce administrative burden and duplicated fees.
The Department and Agency Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 1553, sponsored by Representative Lynn and brought by the Secretary of State's office, which would streamline charity filings by allowing charities to submit their initial solicitation notice and final paperwork at the same time and to pay a single fee when they cease operations. The committee voted 8-0 to move the bill to the full State and Local Committee.
Representative Lynn told the committee the change "is gonna streamline that process because after they notify the secretary within 90 days they have to file a final piece of paperwork. This is gonna streamline that and they can just file that notice and their paperwork at the same time." A committee member asked whether the roughly $800 saved "will go to charity?" Representative Lynn replied, "There is no word on you what the savings will where it will go, but I'm sure the finance committee will figure that out." The committee then called the previous question and the clerk announced the tally as 8 ayes, 0 nos.
The committee did not record amendments or further committee direction in the transcript; the bill will next be considered by the full State and Local Committee.
