PRINTER'S NO.  3622

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2421

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY TRUITT, DALEY, KNOWLES, ROCK, ROSS, HESS AND VULAKOVICH, MAY 31, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MAY 31, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations)

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of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in officers,

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directors and members, further providing for manner of giving

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notice.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 5702(a) of Title 15 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 5702.  Manner of giving notice.

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(a)  General rule.--[Whenever written]

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(1)  Any notice [is] required to be given to any person

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under the provisions of this subpart or by the articles or

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bylaws of any nonprofit corporation[, it may] shall be given

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to the person either personally or by sending a copy thereof

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[by]:

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(i)  by first class or express mail, postage prepaid,

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[or by telegram (with messenger service specified), telex

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or TWX (with answer back received)] or courier service,

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charges prepaid, [or by facsimile transmission,] to [his]

 


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the person's postal address [(or to his telex, TWX or

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facsimile number)] appearing on the books of the

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corporation or, in the case of directors or members of an

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other body, supplied by [him] the person to the

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corporation for the purpose of notice. [If the notice is

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sent by mail, telegraph or courier service, it shall be

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deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto

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when deposited in the United States mail or with a

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telegraph office or courier service for delivery to that

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person or, in the case of telex or TWX, when dispatched.]

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Notice under this subparagraph shall be deemed to have

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been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited

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in the United States mail or with a courier service for

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delivery to that person; or

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(ii)  by facsimile transmission, e-mail or other

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electronic communication to the person's facsimile number

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or address for e-mail or other electronic communications

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supplied by the person to the corporation for the purpose

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of notice. Notice under this subparagraph shall be deemed

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to have been given to the person entitled thereto when

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sent.

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(2)  A notice of meeting shall specify the [place,] day

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[and], hour and geographic location, if any, of the meeting

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and any other information required by any other provision of

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this subpart.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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