Section 400.275 - Examination of license application; issuance of license; exceptions; purpose of license; suspension or revocation of license; notice; hearing; evidence of compliance.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITATIONS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 169 of 1975
400.275 Examination of license application; issuance of license; exceptions; purpose of license; suspension or revocation of license; notice; hearing; evidence of compliance.
Sec. 5.
(1) An application in proper form and supported by material information required shall be examined by the attorney general. If the application and supporting material conforms to the requirements of this act and the rules, the attorney general shall issue a license to the charitable organization within 30 days, except where the organization has materially misrepresented or omitted information required or the organization has acted or is acting in violation of this act or rules promulgated hereunder.
(2) The license shall be without charge and issued to the charitable organization, its agents and representatives for the purpose of soliciting and receiving contributions and donations or to sell memberships or otherwise raise moneys from the public for the specified charitable purpose.
(3) A license issued to a professional fund raiser, professional solicitor, or a charitable organization, its agents and representatives may be suspended or revoked by the attorney general for violation of this act or rules promulgated hereunder, after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard. The attorney general may suspend on an emergency basis, without hearing, any license issued to a professional fund raiser, professional solicitor, or a charitable organization when the attorney general specifies in the notice of emergency suspension the reasons and grounds indicating a violation of this act or any rule which constitutes the emergency. The notice shall set forth that within 48 hours, at a designated time and place, a hearing shall be held on whether the license should be permanently suspended or revoked. The professional fund raiser, professional solicitor, or charitable organization may show compliance with the requirements of this act or the rules and shall have the burden of adducing the evidence.
History: 1975, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 368, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976