Ch. 144                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Business Regulation

6-405.

(a) [A] EXCEPT FOR PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUTH
SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS SOLICITING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
PROGRAMS FOR MINORS, A person exempt under § 6-102(c)(1)(ii)1 and 4 of this title
shall submit a fund-raising notice to the Secretary of State on the form that the Secretary
requires before starting a public solicitation,

6-616.

A person may not act as a professional solicitor unless the person's agreement with
the charitable organization states:

(1) THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE PARTIES;

(2) the minimum percentage of the gross receipts from charitable
solicitations that will be used by the charitable organization exclusively to advance its
charitable purposes:

[(2)] (3) the text that the professional solicitor or associate solicitor will use
in each charitable solicitation; and

[(3)](4) any other information that the Secretary of State requires by
regulation.

6-620.

A PERSON WHO PLACES IN AN ESTABLISHMENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A
VENDING . MACHINE, CANISTER, OR OTHER DEVICE OR CONTAINER FOR THE
DEPOSIT OF MONEY THAT REFLECTS THE NAME OF A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
OR A CHARITABLE PURPOSE SHALL:

(1)      STATE ON THE DEVICE OR CONTAINER THE ADDRESS OF THE
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION NAMED AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
ENTITY PLACING THE DEVICE OR CONTAINER, IF NOT A CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION; AND

(2)      STATE ON THE DEVICE OR CONTAINER AND TO THE PERSON WHO
GRANTS PERMISSION FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE OR CONTAINER THAT A
PORTION OF THE MONEY DEPOSITED IS GIVEN TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
OR USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, IF LESS THAN ALL OF THE MONEY
DEPOSITED IS GIVEN TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OR USED FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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