2013 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 371 - 616yyyy)
Subchapter I-A - RECLAMATION REFORM (§§ 390aa - 390zz-1)
Section 390ss - Religious or charitable organizations
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER I-A - RECLAMATION REFORM Sec. 390ss - Religious or charitable organizations |
Contains | section 390ss |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-293, title II, §219, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 99-514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095. |
Statutes at Large References | 96 Stat. 1271 100 Stat. 2095 |
Public Law References | Public Law 97-293, Public Law 99-514 |
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An individual religious or charitable entity or organization (including but not limited to a congregation, parish, school, ward, or chapter) which is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. 501), and which owns, operates, or leases any lands within a district shall be treated as an individual under the provisions of this subchapter regardless of such entity or organization's affiliation with a central organization or its subjugation to a hierarchical authority of the same faith and regardless of whether or not the individual entity is the owner of record if—
(1) the agricultural produce and the proceeds of sales of such produce are directly used only for charitable purposes;
(2) said land is operated by said individual religious or charitable entity or organization (or subdivisions thereof); and
(3) no part of the net earnings of such religious or charitable entity or organization (or subdivision thereof) shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, §219, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1271; Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
AMENDMENTS1986—Pub. L. 99–514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954".
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