13C.2 - REGISTRATION PERMIT REQUIRED -- DISCLOSURE.
13C.2 REGISTRATION PERMIT REQUIRED -- DISCLOSURE.
1. a. A professional commercial fund-raiser shall not solicit
contributions for charitable purposes in this state unless the
professional commercial fund-raiser has registered with the attorney
general, has provided the attorney general with a listing of the
professional commercial fund-raiser's clients, and has obtained a
registration permit from the attorney general. The attorney general
may require that registration information be updated on a quarterly
basis.
b. The attorney general shall prescribe and furnish the
registration permit application form which shall include provisions
for financial disclosure information concerning contributions
received and disbursements made during the previous year by the
professional commercial fund-raiser applying for registration.
Financial disclosure information shall not include an applicant's
donor lists.
c. In lieu of filing the financial disclosure information at
the time of registration, the professional commercial fund- raiser
may file a statement with its permit application where it agrees to
provide, without cost, the financial disclosure information required
to be disclosed pursuant to this subsection to a person or government
entity requesting the information within one day of the request. The
statement shall include the telephone number, mailing address, and
names of persons to be contacted to obtain the financial disclosure
information of the fund-raiser. Failure to provide this information
upon request shall be a violation of this chapter.
2. A charitable organization shall provide, upon request and
without cost to the requesting party, financial disclosure
information concerning contributions received and disbursements for
the organization's last complete fiscal year, or, if the organization
has not completed a full fiscal year, for its current fiscal year, to
the attorney general or a person requesting the information within
five days of the request.
3. a. If a professional commercial fund-raiser or charitable
organization fails to provide financial information as required or
requested, the fund-raiser or organization shall file the financial
disclosure information with the attorney general within seven days of
its failure to have provided the disclosure information and,
thereafter, file, if required by the attorney general, annual
financial disclosure information with the attorney general.
b. The attorney general may seek an injunction pursuant to
section 714.16 prohibiting the professional commercial fund- raiser
or charitable organization from soliciting contributions until the
required financial information has been disclosed to the attorney
general, person, or government entity making the request.
4. The client lists of a professional commercial fund- raiser, if
required to be filed as part of the application for registration,
shall be confidential and may be used only for law enforcement
purposes.
5. The attorney general shall collect a fee of ten dollars for
each registration permit issued. A permit shall expire twelve months
following the date of issuance.
6. The attorney general may make reasonable rules to enforce the
provisions of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 5077-c; C24, § 1917; C27, 31, 35, § 1921-b2; C39, §
1915.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 122.2]
Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 93, § 2; 90 Acts, ch 1202, § 2
C93, § 13C.2