CHAPTER 24-A. ANNUAL FILINGS BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
§1909.11. Charitable organizations; requirements
A. Absent the showing of a compelling state interest, no state agency or state official
shall impose any additional annual filing or reporting requirements by rule or policy on a
charitable organization that are more restrictive than the specific requirements for charitable
organizations under federal or state law.
B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any such filing or
reporting requirement that is more restrictive may be reviewed by the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs and the House Committee on
Commerce.
C. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to the state's direct
spending programs including state grants and state contracts, nor to fraud investigations, and
shall not restrict enforcement actions against a specific nonprofit organization.
D. For the purposes of this Chapter, "charitable organization" means a person who
is or holds himself out to be a benevolent, civic, recreational, educational, voluntary, health,
law enforcement, social service, philanthropic, fraternal, humane, patriotic, religious, or
eleemosynary organization.
Acts 2022, No. 262, §1, eff. June 3, 2022.