2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES (§§ 1 - 460zzz-7)
Subchapter III - NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION (§§ 19 - 19o)
Section 19o - Promotion of local fundraising support
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION Sec. 19o - Promotion of local fundraising support |
| Contains | section 19o |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-209, §11, as added Pub. L. 105-391, title VII, §701, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 3520 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-209, Public Law 105-391 |
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The Foundation shall design and implement a comprehensive program to assist and promote philanthropic programs of support at the individual national park unit level.
(b) ImplementationThe program under subsection (a) of this section shall be implemented to—
(1) assist in the creation of local nonprofit support organizations; and
(2) provide support, national consistency, and management-improving suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations.
(c) ProgramThe program under subsection (a) of this section shall include the greatest number of national park units as is practicable.
(d) RequirementsThe program under subsection (a) of this section shall include, at a minimum—
(1) a standard adaptable organizational design format to establish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit support organization for support of a national park unit;
(2) standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended money-handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied to individual national park units; and
(3) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the operating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support organizations.
(e) Annual reportThe Foundation shall report the progress of the program under subsection (a) of this section in the annual report of the Foundation.
(f) Affiliations (1) Charter or corporate bylawsNothing in this section requires—
(A) a nonprofit support organization or friends group to modify current practices or to affiliate with the Foundation; or
(B) a local nonprofit support organization, established as a result of this section, to be bound through its charter or corporate bylaws to be permanently affiliated with the Foundation.
(2) EstablishmentAn affiliation with the Foundation shall be established only at the discretion of the governing board of a nonprofit organization.
(Pub. L. 90–209, §11, as added Pub. L. 105–391, title VII, §701, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520.)
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