§ 6.58.055. Charitable solicitation/Charitable purpose.  


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  • Any person or group who is soliciting for a charitable purpose, except charitable promoters, charitable organizations and governmental agencies soliciting or selling for a charitable purpose or charitable cause, shall register with the department by filing with the director a copy of the registration statement containing the following information:

    (1)

    The true and legal name and any alias of the person(s) desiring to solicit funds for charitable/charitable purposes;

    (2)

    Whether the person(s) registering is a natural person(s), or association, or corporation (proof of incorporation); and:

    (a)

    If a natural person(s), the residence address and telephone number must be given,

    (b)

    If an association or corporation, the registration statement shall show the principal address and telephone numbers, if any, and shall show names and residence addresses and telephone numbers of all members unless they exceed ten in number, in which case the application shall so state, and the person registering may alternatively list the names and residence addresses and telephone numbers of the officers and directors of trustees. If part of a multistate organization, association or corporation, the mailing address and business location of its central office shall be given in addition to the mailing address and business location of its local office, as well as names and addresses of local representatives;

    (3)

    A description of the charitable purpose or other beneficial purpose for which the funds are to be solicited, and an explanation of the intended use of the funds toward that purpose;

    (4)

    The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all individuals who have control of the funds solicited and are authorized to disburse the proceeds of the solicitation;

    (5)

    The method of disbursement and the name, address and account number of all financial institutions into which solicited funds are deposited;

    (6)

    The time period within which the solicitation of funds is to be made, giving the date of the beginning of solicitation and its projected conclusion;

    (7)

    A description of the methods and means by which the solicitation of funds is to be accomplished;

    (8)

    The total amount of funds proposed to be raised;

    (9)

    A projected schedule of fees, commissions, expenses and costs to be expended and paid in connection with the solicitation of funds or in connection with their disbursement, and an estimated percentage of the total projected collections which the costs of solicitation will comprise;

    (10)

    The names of any other cities and dates of solicitation in which the person registering has solicited funds for charitable purposes within the past five years; but, in the event that the person registering has solicited funds for charitable purposes in more than ten other cities, the person registering may list the ten cities in which the most recent solicitation occurred;

    (11)

    The name of any officer, director, trustee or any person(s) who will engage in solicitation of funds who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the past five years, the nature of the offense, the state where the conviction occurred and the year of such conviction;

    (12)

    A statement to the effect that if a certificate of registration is granted, such certificate will not be used as or represented to be an endorsement by the county of Clark or any of its officers or employees;

    (13)

    An explanation of the reasons, if the person registering is unable to provide any of the foregoing information, why such information is not available;

    (14)

    Every registration statement shall be accompanied by the standard registration fee of fifteen dollars to partially compensate the county for the cost of administering this section;

    (15)

    The registration statement must be signed by the applicant, if the person registering is an individual; if a person registering is an association or corporation, by its officer charged with disbursing the funds solicited. The individual signing the registration statement shall sign the statement and swear before an officer authorized to administer oaths that he has carefully read the registration statement and that all the information contained therein is true and correct.

(Ord. 1191 § 2, 1990)