S548 Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended

January 17, 2010

S548 would revise the law concerning the disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (county society) that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.  

Specifically, this bill would:   
 (1) require each county society to provide in its bylaws for the disposition, after payment of any outstanding debts, of its assets should it dissolve or have its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended for any reason; (2) provide that if a county society dissolves or has its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended for any reason, the assets of the county society would be disposed of as provided by the applicable bylaws of the county society adopted for that purpose as required by the bill; and (3) provide that the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would have (a) no claim whatsoever to the assets of any county society, and (b) no authority to determine the disposition of the assets of any county society that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended for any reason. 

The bill further requires that the bylaws of a county society designate the Coalition of County SPCAs to distribute any assets of a county society that has had its charter revolved, canceled or suspended to an appropriate entity or entities within the same county with a similar mission or purpose of promoting the interests of, and protection and caring for, animals.

Primary Sponsor: Sandra B. Cunningham

January 12, 2010  Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

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