§ 5550 — Devises, bequests and gifts after certain fundamental changes

A devise, bequest or gift to be effective in the future, in trust or otherwise, to or for a nonprofit corporation which has:

(1) changed its purposes;

(2) sold, leased away or exchanged all or substantially all its property and assets;

(3) been converted into a business corporation;

(4) become a party to a consolidation or a division;

(5) become a party to a merger which it did not survive; or

(6) been dissolved;

after the execution of the document containing the devise, bequest or gift and before the nonprofit corporation acquires a vested interest in the devise, bequest or gift shall be effective only as a court having jurisdiction over the assets may order under 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 77 (relating to trusts) or other applicable provisions of law.

Legislative History

(July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67, eff. 60 days) Cross References.Section 5550 is referred to in section 314 of this title.