Amend CSHB 4 as follows:
(1) Add a new SECTION 10.02 (committee printing, page 34,
line 16) by amending Subdivision (1), Section 84.003, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code, to read as follows:
(1) "Charitable organization" means:
(A) any organization exempt from federal
income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) or
501(c)(4) of the code, if it is a nonprofit corporation,
foundation, community chest, or fund organized and operated
exclusively for charitable, religious, prevention of cruelty to
children or animals, youth sports and youth recreational,
neighborhood crime prevention or patrol, fire protection or
prevention, emergency medical or hazardous material response
services, or educational purposes, including [excluding] private
primary or secondary schools if accredited by a member association
of the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission but excluding
fraternities, sororities, and secret societies, [alumni
associations and related on-campus organizations,] or is organized
and operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare by
being primarily engaged in promoting the common good and general
welfare of the people in a community;
(B) any bona fide charitable, religious,
prevention of cruelty to children or animals, youth sports and
youth recreational, neighborhood crime prevention or patrol, or
educational organization, excluding fraternities, sororities, and
secret societies [alumni associations and related on-campus
organizations], or other organization organized and operated
exclusively for the promotion of social welfare by being primarily
engaged in promoting the common good and general welfare of the
people in a community, and that:
(i) is organized and operated
exclusively for one or more of the above purposes;
(ii) does not engage in activities which
in themselves are not in furtherance of the purpose or purposes;
(iii) does not directly or indirectly
participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or
in opposition to any candidate for public office;
(iv) dedicates its assets to achieving
the stated purpose or purposes of the organization;
(v) does not allow any part of its net
assets on dissolution of the organization to inure to the benefit of
any group, shareholder, or individual; and
(vi) normally receives more than
one-third of its support in any year from private or public gifts,
grants, contributions, or membership fees;
(C) a homeowners association as defined by
Section 528(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or which is
exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 by being listed as an exempt organization in
Section 501(c)(4) of the code; or
(D) a volunteer center, as that term is defined
by Section 411.126, Government Code.
(2) Amend subsequent sections accordingly.