2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 51 - General Provisions
5102 - Application of subpart.

     § 5102.  Application of subpart.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this
     section, in the scope provisions of subsequent provisions of
     this subpart or where the context clearly indicates otherwise,
     this subpart shall apply to and the words "corporation" or
     "nonprofit corporation" in this subpart shall mean a domestic
     corporation not-for-profit. See section 101(b) (relating to
     application of title).
        (b)  Coordination with other laws.--Where any other provision
     of law contemplates notice to, the presence of, or the vote,
     consent or other action by the members, directors or officers of
     a nonprofit corporation, without specifying the applicable
     corporate standards and procedures, the standards and procedures
     specified by or pursuant to this subpart shall be applicable.
        (c)  Exclusion.--This subpart shall not apply to a fraternal
     benefit society, whether proposed or existing, except as
     otherwise expressly provided in this subpart or as otherwise
     provided by statute applicable to the fraternal benefit society.
        (d)  Cooperative corporations.--This subpart shall apply to a
     domestic corporation not-for-profit organized on the cooperative
     principle only to the extent provided by Subpart D (relating to
     cooperative corporations).
        (e)  Nonprofit corporation ancillaries.--The domestic
     corporation provisions of this subpart shall apply to any of the
     following corporations, whether proposed or existing, except as
     otherwise expressly provided by statute applicable to the
     corporation:
            (1)  The Pennsylvania Deposit Insurance Corporation
        established by the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1088, No.255),
        known as the Pennsylvania Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
            (2)  The Pennsylvania Savings Association Corporation
        established by the act of April 6, 1979 (P.L.17, No.5),
        referred to as the Pennsylvania Savings Association Insurance
        Corporation Act.
            (3)  The Lawyer Trust Account Board established by the
        act of April 29, 1988 (P.L.373, No.59), known as the Interest
        on Lawyers' Trust Accounts Act.
            (4)  Any other domestic corporation not-for-profit
        incorporated under or subject to a statute that provides that
        the corporate affairs of the corporation shall be governed by
        the laws applicable to domestic nonprofit corporations.
     (Dec. 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Dec. 19,
     1990, P.L.834, No.198, eff. imd.)

        1990 Amendment.  Act 198 reenacted and amended the entire
     section.
        References in Text.  The act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1088,
     No.255), known as the Pennsylvania Deposit Insurance Corporation
     Act,  referred to in subsec. (e)(1), was repealed by the act of
     October 5, 1980 (P.L.693, No.142).
        Cross References.  Section 5102 is referred to in section
     5103 of this title.