Notwithstanding section 5547(b) (relating to authority to take and hold trust property):
(1) Except as expressly provided in the gift instrument and as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), if the donor placed restrictions on the use or management of property transferred to a nonprofit corporation, the donor, together with the nonprofit corporation holding the property, may enter into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to any matter involving the property, including a restriction.
(2) A nonjudicial settlement agreement is valid only to the extent it includes terms and conditions that the court could approve under this chapter or other applicable law and that the property remains committed to a charitable purpose or purposes.
(3) A nonprofit corporation may request the court to review a nonjudicial settlement agreement in order to determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have approved.
(4) A proceeding commenced to enforce a gift instrument related to assets held by a nonprofit corporation for a charitable purpose, whether or not subject to a nonjudicial settlement agreement, may be brought by the donor during the donor's lifetime or at any time by the Office of Attorney General, by a charitable organization expressly named in the gift instrument and nonjudicial settlement agreement, if applicable, to receive any portion of the assets governed by the gift instrument and nonjudicial settlement agreement, if applicable, or by any other person having standing to do so, which may include anyone appointed in the gift instrument.
(July 23, 2020, P.L.681, No.71, eff. imd.)
2020 Amendment. Act 71 added section 5548.1.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 55 - Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
Section 5501 - Corporate capacity
Section 5503 - Defense of ultra vires
Section 5504 - Adoption, amendment and contents of bylaws
Section 5505 - Persons bound by bylaws
Section 5506 - Form of execution of instruments
Section 5507 - Registered office
Section 5508 - Corporate records; inspection by members
Section 5509 - Bylaws and other powers in emergency
Section 5510 - Certain specifically authorized debt terms
Section 5511 - Establishment of subordinate units
Section 5512 - Informational rights of a director
Section 5513 - Forum selection provisions
Section 5541 - Capital contributions of members
Section 5543 - Debt and security interests
Section 5543.1 - Usury not a defense (Repealed)
Section 5544 - Dues and assessments
Section 5545 - Income from corporate activities
Section 5546 - Purchase, sale, mortgage and lease of real property
Section 5546.1 - Insolvency or bankruptcy (Repealed)
Section 5547 - Authority to take and hold trust property
Section 5548 - Investment of trust funds
Section 5548.1 - Nonjudicial settlement agreement
Section 5549 - Transfer of trust or other assets to institutional trustee
Section 5550 - Devises, bequests and gifts after certain fundamental changes
Section 5551 - Dividends prohibited; compensation and certain payments authorized
Section 5553 - Liabilities of members
Section 5554 - Annual report of directors or other body
Section 5585 - Establishment or use of common trust funds authorized
Section 5586 - Restrictions on investments
Section 5587 - Determination of interests