HB 1315 Summary

• Charitable organizations required to file registration statements must submit annual reports with a $10 fee to the North Dakota Secretary of State on or before September 1 each year.

• Reports must be postmarked by the United States postal service or other carrier in a properly addressed, postage prepaid, sealed envelope.

• Secretary of state may grant filing extensions for a single year or permanently, but extensions cannot extend beyond December 1 of the year the report is due.

• Charitable organizations with fiscal years ending within three months prior to the filing deadline may request extensions that apply to subsequent years until the fiscal year is changed.

• Information submitted must reflect financial data as of December 31 preceding the filing deadline, or alternatively, the end of the organization's fiscal year preceding the report.