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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

103C.

(a) The following charitable organizations are not required
to file a registration statement and financial report, but only
if they do not employ a professional solicitor to solicit funds
on their behalf and if they do not mail more than 500,000
solicitations for charitable contributions in any one year:

(1)  An educational institution approved by the State
Department of Education, either directly or by acceptance of its
accreditation by an accrediting body recognized by that
Department. However, the educational institution shall file with
the Secretary of State a copy of the annual fiscal reports that
it files with the State Department of Education.

(2)  Persons requesting contributions for the relief
of individuals specified by name at the time the solicitation is
made if the gross amount of the contributions collected, without
any deductions, are turned over to the named beneficiaries for
their use.

(3)  A charitable organization which does not intend
to solicit and does not actually receive contributions from the
public in excess of $5,000 during the year for which a
registration statement and financial report would otherwise be
required, if (i) all of its fund-raising activities are carried
on by persons who are unpaid for their services, and (ii) no part
of its assets or income inures to the benefit of or is paid to
any officer or member of the organization.

(4)  A nonprofit and charitable hospital or related
institution which is required by law to file financial reports at
least annually with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
or an agency of it. However, the hospital shall file with the
Secretary of State a copy of the annual fiscal report most
recently filed with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(5)  An organization which solicits only from among
its members. A person who is granted a membership upon making a
contribution as the result of solicitation is not a member for
purposes of this exemption.

(6)  A bona fide religious organization, its parent,
or a school affiliated with it, if the religious organization,
its parent, or the affiliated school has received a declaration
of current tax-exempt status from the government of the United
States.

(7)  A local post, camp, chapter, department, or
similarly designated element, or a county unit of such elements
of a bona fide veterans' organization or a bona fide community