15 Pa. C.S. § 5550

Current through 2024 legislation effective May 8, 2024
Section 5550 - Devises, bequests and gifts after certain fundamental changes

A devise, bequest or gift to be effective in the future, in trust or otherwise, to or for a nonprofit corporation which has:

(1) changed its purposes;
(2) sold, leased away or exchanged all or substantially all its property and assets;
(3) been converted into a business corporation;
(4) become a party to a consolidation or a division;
(5) become a party to a merger which it did not survive; or
(6) been dissolved; after the execution of the document containing the devise, bequest or gift and before the nonprofit corporation acquires a vested interest in the devise, bequest or gift shall be effective only as a court having jurisdiction over the assets may order under 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 77 (relating to trusts) or other applicable provisions of law.

15 Pa.C.S. § 5550

Amended by P.L. 476 2013 No. 67, § 30, eff. 9/7/2013.
1972, Nov. 15, P.L. 1063, No. 271, § 7552, effective in 90 days. Renumbered 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1444, No. 177, § 103, effective Oct. 1, 1989.