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CHAPTER THREE States' Charitable Solicitation Acts
Оглавление§ 3.2 Definitions (a) Charitable (b) Charitable Organization (c) Solicitation (d) Sale (e) Contribution (f) Membership (g) Professional Fundraiser (h) Professional Solicitor (i) Fundraising (j) Commercial Coventurer (k) Administrative Agency
§ 3.5 Exemptions (a) Churches (b) Other Religious Organizations (c) Educational Institutions (d) Libraries (e) Museums (f) Health Care Institutions (g) Other Health Care Provider Organizations (h) Membership Organizations (i) Small Solicitations (j) Solicitations for Specified Individuals (k) Political Organizations (l) Veterans’ Organizations (m) Named Organizations (n) Other Categories of Exempted Organizations
§ 3.6 Regulation of Professional Fundraisers
§ 3.7 Regulation of Professional Solicitors
§ 3.8 Regulation of Commercial Coventurers
§ 3.9 Limitations on Fundraising Costs
§ 3.10 Availability of Records
§ 3.12 Registered Agent Requirements
§ 3.14 Regulatory Prohibitions
§ 3.15 Disclosure Statements and Legends
§ 3.17 Solicitation Notice Requirements
§ 3.18 Fiduciary Relationships
§ 3.19 Powers of Attorney General
Chapter 3 summarizes the states' charitable solicitation acts. The chapter explains how fundraising for charitable purposes in the United States is a heavily regulated activity. This regulation comes in many forms and is manifested at the federal, state, and local levels. Nearly all the states regulate charitable fundraising—although the extent and intensity of enforcement vary greatly—and do so principally by means of statutes termed charitable solicitation acts.
These laws are often intricate. In addition to their complexity, there is a considerable absence of uniformity, although the states are making some progress toward uniform reporting. This combination of intricacy and nonconformity makes this a body of law with which it is difficult to comply, particularly in the case of a charitable organization that has a multistate fundraising program—a problem aggravated by a disparity in regulations, rules, and forms. There are, nonetheless, some relatively common features of these laws.
