California Government Code ARTICLE 7 - Uniform Supervision of Trustees for Charitable Purposes Act

• Section 12580.
  This article may be cited as the Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 445, Sec. 2. Effective January...
• Section 12581.
  This article applies to all charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, trustees, and other legal entities holding property for charitable purposes, commercial fundraisers for charitable purposes, fundraising...
• Section 12581.2.
  As used in this article, “solicitation” or “soliciting” for charitable purposes means any request, plea, entreaty, demand, or invitation, or attempt thereof, to give money...
• Section 12582.
  “Trustee” means (a) any individual, group of individuals, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity holding property in trust pursuant to any charitable trust, (b)...
• Section 12582.1.
  “Charitable corporation” means any nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this State for charitable or eleemosynary purposes and any similar foreign corporation doing business...
• Section 12583.
  The filing, registration, and reporting provisions of this article do not apply to the United States, any state, territory, or possession of the United States,...
• Section 12584.
  The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a register of charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, and trustees subject to this article and of the particular trust...
• Section 12585.
  (a) Every charitable corporation, unincorporated association, and trustee subject to this article shall file with the Attorney General an initial registration form, under oath, setting forth...
• Section 12586.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided and except corporate trustees which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of the State of California...
• Section 12586.1.
  In addition to a registration fee, a charitable corporation or trustee, commercial fundraiser, fundraising counsel, or coventurer may be assessed a late fee or an...
• Section 12586.2.
  All fines, penalties, attorney’s fees, if any, as authorized by law, and costs of investigation paid to the Attorney General pursuant to Section 12598 shall...
• Section 12587.
  The Attorney General may make additional rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article, provided that any assessment of an annual registration or...
• Section 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 law, all...
• Section 12588.
  The Attorney General may investigate transactions and relationships of corporations and trustees subject to this article for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the...
• Section 12589.
  When the Attorney General requires the attendance of any person, as provided in Section 12588, the Attorney General shall issue an order setting forth the...
• Section 12590.
  Subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Attorney General, the register, copies of instruments, and the reports filed with the Attorney General shall...
• Section 12591.
  The Attorney General may institute appropriate proceedings to secure compliance with this article and to invoke the jurisdiction of the court. The powers and duties...
• Section 12591.1.
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article with intent to deceive or defraud any charity or individual is liable for a civil penalty...
• Section 12591.2.
  In any case where the Attorney General has authority to institute an action or proceeding under this article, he or she may accept an assurance...
• Section 12592.
  This article shall apply regardless of any contrary provisions of any instrument.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1258.)
• Section 12593.
  Every person who offers for probate any instrument which establishes a testamentary trust of property for charitable purposes or who records in any county or...
• Section 12594.
  Every officer, agency, board, or commission of this State receiving applications for exemption from taxation of any corporation, charitable trust or similar relationship in which...
• Section 12595.
  This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.(Repealed and added...
• Section 12596.
  (a) A civil action brought by the Attorney General against trustees or other persons holding property in trust for charitable purposes or against any charitable corporation...
• Section 12597.
  In any proceeding brought by the Attorney General to secure compliance with the provisions of Sections 12584 to 12587, inclusive, or any regulation issued pursuant...
• Section 12598.
  (a) The primary responsibility for supervising charitable trusts in California, for ensuring compliance with trusts and articles of incorporation, and for protection of assets held by...
• Section 12599.
  (a) “Commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes” means any individual, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity who for compensation does any of the following:(1) Solicits funds, assets,...
• Section 12599.1.
  (a) “Fundraising counsel for charitable purposes” is defined as any individual, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity who is described by all of the following:(1) For...
• Section 12599.2.
  (a) “Commercial coventurer” is defined as any person who, for profit, is regularly and primarily engaged in trade or commerce other than in connection with the...
• Section 12599.3.
  (a) A contract between a charitable organization and a commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes or fundraising counsel for charitable purposes shall be voidable by the charitable...
• Section 12599.5.
  Each application for registration or renewal of registration under subdivision (b) of Section 12599 shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or by a bond...
• Section 12599.6.
  (a) Charitable organizations and commercial fundraisers for charitable purposes shall not misrepresent the purpose of the charitable organization or the nature or purpose or beneficiary of...
• Section 12599.7.
  (a) A commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes shall maintain during each solicitation campaign and for not less than 10 years following the completion of each solicitation...
• Section 12599.8.
  For any year that the balance sheet of a charitable organization shows that it holds restricted net assets, while reporting negative unrestricted net assets, the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018