SB 513 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2898
11/08
SENATE BILL 513
AN ACT relative to permitting charity auctions by non-profit corporations.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 9
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits non-profit corporations to conduct charity auctions.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2898
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to permitting charity auctions by non-profit corporations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Charity Auctions By Non-Profit Corporations. Amend RSA 311-B:13 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Non-member individuals hired by a charitable, educational, religious, or other nonprofit organization within the state may engage in auctioneering services for charity auctions without a license for that organization. A contract for auctioneering services shall be in writing. No individual’s contract shall involve the care, custody, or control of any of the auction's revenues. The repository for the auction's revenues shall be identified in the contract. The contract shall state the auctioneer's duties and compensation, if any, whether monetary or otherwise. The auctioneer shall not receive any commission from sales or a percentage of the revenues as compensation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.