Nonprofit corporations: Internet Web site.

Existing law provides for the organization and governance of nonprofit public benefit corporations, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations, and nonprofit religious corporations. Existing law requires these corporations to prepare and file articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State, and within 90 days of that filing, and biennially thereafter, as specified, to file a form prescribed by the secretary stating specified information regarding certain officers, office location, and agent for service of process, among other information. Existing law requires a charitable corporation, as defined, to also file periodic written reports with the Attorney General beginning within 4 months and 15 days following the close of the first calendar or fiscal year in which it initially receives property, setting forth information as to the nature of the assets held for charitable purposes and the administration thereof. This bill would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to post on its Internet Web site information to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation and to assist nonprofit corporations to achieve compliance with the state's statutory and regulatory requirements. The bill would require the Internet Web site to contain direct links to information on the incorporation, registration, and renewal requirements of specified state agencies. The bill would require specified state agencies to provide the direct links to the information to the office, and would prohibit a state agency from using this Internet Web site as the exclusive source of information that it provides to the public on its requirements for nonprofit corporations.