SUBPART C
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS
Article
A. Preliminary Provisions
B. Domestic Nonprofit Corporations Generally
C. Foreign Nonprofit Corporations
Subpart Heading. The heading of Subpart C was added December 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177.
ARTICLE A
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Chapter
51. General Provisions
Article Heading. The heading of Article A was carried without amendment December 21, 1988, P.L.1444,
No.177.
CHAPTER 51
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
5101. Short titles.
5102. Application of subpart.
5103. Definitions.
5104. Other general provisions (Deleted by amendment).
5105. Restriction on equitable relief.
5106. Uniform application of subpart.
5107. Subordination of subpart to canon law.
5108. Limitation on incorporation.
5109. Execution of documents.
5110. Annual report (Repealed).
Enactment. Chapter 51 was added as Chapter 71 on November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, effective
in 90 days. Chapter 71 was renumbered to Chapter 51 on December 21, 1988, P.L.1444,
No.177, effective October 1, 1989.
§ 5101. Short titles.
(a) Title of subpart.--This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988.
(b) Prior consolidated statute.--Former 15 Pa.C.S. Pt. III Art. B (relating to domestic nonprofit corporations), added
by the act of November 15, 1972 (P.L.1063, No.271), shall be known and may be cited
as the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1972.
(c) Prior law.--The act of May 5, 1933 (P.L.289, No.105), shall be known and may be cited as the Nonprofit
Corporation Law of 1933.
(Dec. 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177, eff. Oct. 1, 1989)
Notes of Decisions
Sphere Drake Ins. v. Philadelphia Gas Works, 782 A.2d 510 (Pa. 2001).
· cites it 2× “PFMC is a non-profit corporation incorporated by the Philadelphia City Solicitor’s Office in 1972, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1972 (now codified at 15 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq.), and memorialized in a decree of incorporation issued by the Philadelphia…”
Ciamaichelo v. Indep. Blue Cross, 909 A.2d 1211 (Pa. 2006).
· cites it 2× “In their Class Action Complaint ("Complaint"), Appellants alleged that IBC violated the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 ("Non-Profit Law"), 15 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq., and breached contractual *1213 and fiduciary duties in having amassed an excess in surplus funds for purposes…”
Com v. UPMC, Appeal of Com. by A.G., 208 A.3d 898 (Pa. 2019).
“At Count III, OAG alleged that UPMC has breached its fiduciary duties of loyalty and care owed to its constituent healthcare providers and to the public-at-large, in violation *904 of provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law, 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 - 6162, and the Uniform Trust…”
Lewis v. Pennsylvania Bar Ass'n, 701 A.2d 551 (Pa. 1997).
· cites it 2× “They sought under the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law, 15 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq., access to certain documents regarding evaluations of statewide judicial candidates made by the Judicial Evaluation Commission ("JEC").”
Com. of Pa. v. New Foundations, Inc., 182 A.3d 1059 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018).
“ORDER AND NOW, this 1 st day of March , 2018, the Commonwealth's Motion for Summary Judgment and the Charities and Individual Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment are denied.”
Zampogna v. Law Enf't Health Benefits, Inc., 151 A.3d 1003 (Pa. 2016).
“The majority would apply the following test: *602 [W]e find that a nonprofit corporation’s action is authorized when: 1) the action is not prohibited by the [Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 (“NCL”), 15 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq.] or the corporation’s [Articles of Incorporation…”
Anelli v. Arrowhead Lakes Cmty. Ass'n, 689 A.2d 357 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1997).
“Whether the Association, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, which was created and operates under Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law, 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 — 6162, is a state actor or an entity which is operating under the color of state *360 law within the meaning of 42 U.”
Valentine Co. v. Commonwealth, 973 A.2d 1101 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009).
“and Temple University Children's Medical Center resulted from a reorganization of Temple University in 1996 that involved a corporate division and merger pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101[-6162], 37.The purpose of the policy is to…”
Bloomsburg Landlords Ass'n v. Town of Bloomsburg, 912 F. Supp. 790 (M.D. Penn. 1995).
“Landlords is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation organized pursuant to 15 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. § 5101 et seq. to promote the commercial interests of its members, who own and lease residential real estate in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.”
Greater Fourth Street Assocs., Inc. v. Smithfield Twp., 816 A.2d 388 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2003).
“However, we do note that we have not found any authority in the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 — 5997, or the Code, which prohibits township supervisors from filing articles of incorporation and establishing a nonprofit corporation.”
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