§ 19o. — Promotion of local fundraising support.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC19o]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
Sec. 19o. Promotion of local fundraising support
(a) Establishment
The Foundation shall design and implement a comprehensive program to
assist and promote philanthropic programs of support at the individual
national park unit level.
(b) Implementation
The program under subsection (a) of this section shall be
implemented to--
(1) assist in the creation of local nonprofit support
organizations; and
(2) provide support, national consistency, and management-
improving suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations.
(c) Program
The program under subsection (a) of this section shall include the
greatest number of national park units as is practicable.
(d) Requirements
The program under subsection (a) of this section shall include, at a
minimum--
(1) a standard adaptable organizational design format to
establish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit
support organization for support of a national park unit;
(2) standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended money-
handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied to
individual national park units; and
(3) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the
operating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support
organizations.
(e) Annual report
The Foundation shall report the progress of the program under
subsection (a) of this section in the annual report of the Foundation.
(f) Affiliations
(1) Charter or corporate bylaws
Nothing in this section requires--
(A) a nonprofit support organization or friends group to
modify current practices or to affiliate with the Foundation; or
(B) a local nonprofit support organization, established as a
result of this section, to be bound through its charter or
corporate bylaws to be permanently affiliated with the
Foundation.
(2) Establishment
An affiliation with the Foundation shall be established only at
the discretion of the governing board of a nonprofit organization.
(Pub. L. 90-209, Sec. 11, as added Pub. L. 105-391, title VII, Sec. 701,
Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520.)
