HB 2047 - DIGEST

Requires certain exempt charitable organizations to register with the secretary state in a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state if the charitable organization raises more than one thousand dollars in charitable solicitations in any accounting year and engages in solicitations from the general public more than once in any accounting year.

Requires certain corporations that are charitable organizations to register as a charitable organization in accordance with chapter 19.09 RCW within forty-five days of the issuance of a certificate of incorporation by the secretary of state.

Prohibits a governmental entity from contracting with or providing grants to a charitable organization or an organization that holds itself out as a charitable organization unless the governmental entity has determined that the organization is in compliance with the registration requirements of chapter 19.09 RCW.