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15 PA Cons Stat § 8997 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 89 - Limited Liability Companies|Section 8997 - Taxation of restricted professional companies

§ 8997. Taxation of restricted professional companies. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), for the purposes of the imposition by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision of any tax or license fee on or with respect to any income, property, privilege, transaction, subject or occupation other than the corporate net income tax, capital stock and foreign franchise tax and personal income tax, a domestic or registered foreign restricted professional company shall be deemed to be a limited partnership organized and existing under Chapter 86 (relating to limited partnerships), and a member of such a company, as such, shall be deemed a limited partner of a limited partnership.  (b) Exception.--A domestic or qualified foreign restricted professional company shall be subject to section 8835(a) (relating to taxation of limited liability companies), instead of subsection (a), for the whole of any taxable year of the company during any part of which the company has:  (1) engaged in any business not permitted by section 8996(a) (relating to purposes of restricted professional companies);  (2) (Repealed); (3) been a member of a limited liability company. (July 6, 2006, P.L.319, No.67, eff. imd.; Nov. 21, 2016, P.L.1328, No.170, eff. 90 days)    1997 Partial Repeal. Section 35.1(b) of Act 7 of 1997 provided that section 8997 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 7.  Cross References. Section 8997 is referred to in sections 8925, 8995 of this title.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9111 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9111 - Short title and application of chapter

§ 9111. Short title and application of chapter.   (a) Short title.--This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Law.  (b) Transitional provisions concerning property.--  (1) If, before September 9, 2013, an interest in property was by the terms of a transfer purportedly transferred to a nonprofit association but under the law of this Commonwealth the interest did not vest in the nonprofit association, or in one or more persons on behalf of the nonprofit association under paragraph (2), on September 9, 2013, the interest vests in the nonprofit association, unless the parties to the transfer have treated the transfer as ineffective. (2) If, before September 9, 2013, an interest in property was by the terms of a transfer purportedly transferred to a nonprofit association but the interest was vested in one or more persons to hold the interest for the nonprofit association, its members or both, on or after September 9, 2013, the persons or their successors in interest may transfer the interest to the nonprofit association in its name, or the nonprofit association may require that the interest be transferred to it in its name.  (c) Savings provisions.--  (1) This chapter supplements the law of this Commonwealth that applies to nonprofit associations operating in this Commonwealth, but, if a conflict exists between this chapter and another statute, the other statute applies. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal or supersede any provision in section 7 of the act of April 26, 1855 (P.L.328, No.347), entitled "An act relating to Corporations and to Estates held for Corporate, Religious and Charitable uses."  (d) Cross reference.--See section 5331 (relating to incorporation of unincorporated associations). (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9111.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9112 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9112 - Definitions

§ 9112. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Established practices." The practices used by a nonprofit association without material change during:  (1) the most recent five years of its existence; or (2) if it has existed for less than five years, its entire existence. "Governing principles." The agreements, whether oral, in record form or implied from its established practices, that govern the purpose or operation of a nonprofit association and the rights and obligations of its members and managers. The term includes any amendment or restatement of the agreements constituting the governing principles.  "Manager." A person that is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for the management of a nonprofit association.  "Member." A person that, under the governing principles, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policies and activities of the nonprofit association.  "Nonprofit association." An unincorporated organization consisting of two or more members joined together under an agreement that is oral, in record form or implied from conduct for one or more common, nonprofit purposes. The term does not include:  (1) a trust; (2) a marriage, domestic partnership, common law domestic relationship, civil union or other domestic living arrangement;  (3) an organization formed under any other statute that governs the organization and operation of unincorporated associations;  (4) a joint tenancy, tenancy in common or tenancy by the entireties, even if the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose; or  (5) a relationship under an agreement in record form that expressly provides that the relationship between the parties does not create a nonprofit association.  "Property." Includes: (1) real property; (2) personal property which is tangible or intangible; (3) mixed real and personal property; and (4) a right or interest in property. "Transfer." (Deleted by amendment). (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days; Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015)    2014 Amendment. Act 172 deleted the def. of "transfer."  2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9112.  Cross References. Section 9112 is referred to in section 102 of this title.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9113 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9113 - Governing law

§ 9113. Governing law.   (a) Operations.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the law of this Commonwealth governs the operation in this Commonwealth of a nonprofit association formed or operating in this Commonwealth.  (b) Internal affairs.--Unless the governing principles specify a different jurisdiction, the law of the jurisdiction in which a nonprofit association has its main place of activities governs the internal affairs of the nonprofit association. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9113.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9114 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9114 - Entity status

§ 9114. Entity status.   (a) Legal entity.--A nonprofit association is a legal entity distinct from its members and managers.  (b) Perpetual duration.--A nonprofit association has perpetual duration unless the governing principles specify otherwise.  (c) Powers.--A nonprofit association has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its purposes.  (d) Profits.--A nonprofit association may engage in profit-making activities, but profits from any activities must be used or set aside for the nonprofit purposes of the nonprofit association. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9114.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9115 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9115 - Ownership and transfer of property

§ 9115. Ownership and transfer of property. (a) General rule.--A nonprofit association may acquire, hold or transfer, in its name, an interest in property.  (b) Testamentary and fiduciary dispositions.--A nonprofit association may be a beneficiary of a trust or contract, a legatee or a devisee.  (c) Authority to take and hold trust property.--Every nonprofit association organized for a charitable purpose or purposes may take, receive and hold real and personal property as may be given, devised to or otherwise vested in the nonprofit association, in trust, for the purpose or purposes set forth in its governing principles. The managers of the nonprofit association shall, as trustees of the property, be held to the same degree of responsibility and accountability as other trustees, unless a lesser degree or a particular degree of responsibility and accountability is prescribed in the trust instrument, or unless the managers remain under the control of the members of the nonprofit association or third persons who retain the right to direct, and do direct, the actions of the managers as to the use of the trust property from time to time.  (d) Nondiversion of certain property.--Property of a nonprofit association committed to charitable purposes shall not, by any proceeding under Chapter 3 (relating to entity transactions) or otherwise, be diverted from the objects to which it was donated, granted or devised, unless and until the nonprofit association obtains from the court an order under 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 77 (relating to trusts) specifying the disposition of the property.  (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days; Nov. 21, 2016, P.L.1328, No.170, eff. 90 days)
15 PA Cons Stat § 9116 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9116 - Statement of authority as to real property

§ 9116. Statement of authority as to real property.   (a) General rule.--An interest in real property held in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person authorized to do so in a statement of authority recorded by the nonprofit association in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which a transfer of the property would be recorded.  (b) Contents of statement.--The statement of authority must set forth: (1) the name of the nonprofit association; (2) the address in this Commonwealth, including the street and number, if any, of the nonprofit association or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this Commonwealth, its address outside of this Commonwealth; (3) that the association is a nonprofit association; and (4) the name, title or position of a person authorized to transfer an estate or interest in real property held in the name of the nonprofit association.  (c) Execution.--A statement of authority must be executed in the same manner as a deed by a person other than the person authorized in the statement to transfer the interest.  (d) Recording fee.--The recorder of deeds may collect a fee for recording a statement of authority in the amount authorized for recording a transfer of real property, but the mere recording of a statement of authority does not constitute a transfer of an interest in the real property for the purpose of the taxation of real property transfers.  (e) Changes.--A document amending, revoking or canceling a statement of authority or stating that the statement is unauthorized or erroneous must meet the requirements for executing and recording an original statement.  (f) Cancellation by operation of law.--Unless canceled earlier, a recorded statement of authority and its most recent amendment expire five years after the date of the most recent recording.  (g) Effect of filing.--If the record title to real property is in the name of a nonprofit association and a statement of authority is recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which a transfer of the property would be recorded, the authority of the person named in the statement to transfer is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value without notice that the person lacks authority. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9116.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9117 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9117 - Liability

§ 9117. Liability.   (a) Scope.--  (1) A debt, obligation or other liability of a nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, is solely the debt, obligation or other liability of the nonprofit association. (2) A member or manager is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for a debt, obligation or other liability of the nonprofit association solely by reason of being or acting as a member or manager. (3) This subsection applies regardless of the dissolution of the nonprofit association.  (b) Liability for conduct.--A person's status as a member or manager does not prevent or restrict law other than this chapter from imposing liability on the person or the nonprofit association because of the person's conduct.  (c) Agents.--A person that makes a contract or incurs an obligation on behalf of a nonprofit association after September 9, 2013, is not liable for performance or breach of the contract or other obligation if the fact that the person was acting for the nonprofit association was disclosed to, was known by or reasonably should have been known by the other party to the contract or to the party owed performance.  (d) Observation of formalities.--The failure of a nonprofit association to observe formalities relating to the exercise of its powers or the management of its activities and affairs is not a ground for imposing liability on a member or manager of the nonprofit association for a debt, obligation or other liability of the nonprofit association. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9117.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9118 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9118 - Assertion and defense of claims

§ 9118. Assertion and defense of claims.   (a) General rule.--A nonprofit association may sue or be sued in its own name.  (b) Permissible claims.--A member or manager may assert a claim the member or manager has against the nonprofit association. A nonprofit association may assert a claim it has against a member or manager.  (c) Representational status.--A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9118.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9119 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9119 - Effect of judgment or order

§ 9119. Effect of judgment or order.  A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member or manager. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9119.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9120 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9120 - Appointment of agent to receive service of process

§ 9120. Appointment of agent to receive service of process.   (a) Statement.--A nonprofit association may deliver to the department for filing a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process.  (b) Contents.--A statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must state: (1) the name of the nonprofit association; (2) the address, if any, in this Commonwealth; and (3) the name of the person in this Commonwealth authorized to receive service of process and the person's address, including street and number, in this Commonwealth.  (c) Signature and effect.--  (1) A statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must be signed by: (i) a person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association; and (ii) the person appointed as the agent. (2) The signing of the statement is an affirmation: (i) by the person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association that the person has that authority; and (ii) by the person appointed as agent that the person consents to act as agent.  (d) Amendment or cancellation.--An amendment to or cancellation of a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must meet the requirements for signature of an original statement. An agent may resign by delivering a resignation to the department for filing and giving notice to the nonprofit association.  (e) Rejection of statement.--A statement appointing an agent to receive service of process may not be rejected for filing because the name of the nonprofit association signing the statement is not distinguishable on the records of the department from the name of another association appearing in those records. The filing of such a statement does not make the name of the nonprofit association signing the statement unavailable for use by another association.  (f) Effectiveness.--A statement appointing an agent to receive service of process: (1) takes effect on filing by the department; and (2) is effective for five years after the date of filing unless canceled or terminated earlier.  (g) Duty of agent.--The only duty under this chapter of an agent to receive service of process is to forward to the nonprofit association at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the nonprofit association any process, notice or demand pertaining to the nonprofit association which is served or received by the agent.  (h) Cross reference.--See section 135 (relating to requirements to be met by filed documents). (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9120.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9121 - Action or proceeding not abated by change of members or managers

§ 9121. Action or proceeding not abated by change of members or managers.  An action or proceeding against a nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or managers. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9121.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9122 - Member not agent

§ 9122. Member not agent.  A member is not an agent of the nonprofit association solely by reason of being a member. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9122.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9123 - Approval by members

§ 9123. Approval by members.   (a) General rule.--Except as provided in the governing principles, a nonprofit association must have the approval of its members to: (1) admit, suspend, dismiss or expel a member; (2) select or dismiss a manager; (3) adopt, amend or repeal the governing principles; (4) transfer all, or substantially all, of the property of the nonprofit association, with or without its goodwill, outside the ordinary course of its activities; (5) dissolve under section 9134 (relating to dissolution); (6) undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the activities of the nonprofit association; or (7) determine the policy and purposes of the nonprofit association.  (b) Other actions.--A nonprofit association must have the approval of the members to do any other act or exercise a right that the governing principles require to be approved by members. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9123.  Cross References. Section 9123 is referred to in section 9128 of this title.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9124 - Action by members

§ 9124. Action by members.   (a) General rule.--Except as provided in the governing principles: (1) approval of a matter by the members requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members; and (2) each member is entitled to one vote on each matter that is submitted for approval by the members.  (b) Procedural matters.--The governing principles may provide for the: (1) calling, location and timing of member meetings; (2) notice and quorum requirements for member meetings; (3) conduct of member meetings; (4) taking of action by the members by consent without a meeting or by ballot; (5) participation by members in a meeting of the members by telephone or other means of electronic communication; and (6) taking of action by members by proxy.  (c) Absence of governing principles.--If the governing principles do not provide for a matter described in subsection (b), customary usages and principles of parliamentary law and procedure apply. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9124.
15 PA Cons Stat § 9125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 91 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 9125 - Duties of member

§ 9125. Duties of member.   (a) No fiduciary duties generally.--A member does not have a fiduciary duty to a nonprofit association or to another member solely by being a member.  (b) Discharge of duties and exercise of rights.--A member shall, consistent with the governing principles and the contractual obligation of good faith and fair dealing: (1) discharge duties under the governing principles to the nonprofit association and the other members; and (2) exercise any rights under the governing principles and this chapter. (July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days)    2013 Amendment. Act 67 added section 9125.