PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 371

contributions from certain corporations and organizations; allowing the Secretary of
State to make available for a certain fee a disk containing computerized data to
further the Charitable Giving Information Program; clarifying that authorizing the
designee of the Secretary of State may to investigate possible alleged violations of the
Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act; providing that the Legal Counsel for the
Secretary of State may appoint a designee administer oaths and examine an
individual under oath for certain purposes; providing that the Secretary of State may
take certain actions if the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe the Maryland
Charitable Solicitations Act has been violated; providing that the Secretary of State
may enter into a written assurance of voluntary compliance or other agreement with
an apparent violator of the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act; altering the
circumstances under which the Secretary may summarily issue a cease and desist
order; providing that a professional solicitor that submits a $25,000 irrevocable
letter of credit to the Secretary of State need not submit a $25,000 surety bond;
providing that the bond submitted by a professional solicitor shall cover the
activities of certain persons, or the professional solicitor shall obtain separate bonds
for those persons; clarifying that requiring a person who has acted as a professional
solicitor before applying to register as a professional solicitor shell to submit a
certain accounting with the application; altering the contents of the financial
statement that a charitable organization is required to provide upon request:
exempting certain grant applications from a certain disclosure statement
requirement; requiring that certain contracts be filed with the Secretary of State;
providing immunity from certain liability for certain television or radio broadcasting
stations and certain publishers and printers under certain circumstances: altering
certain definitions; and generally relating to charitable solicitation.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation

Section 6-101(c), (f), and (h)(1) (h), 6-102(c)(1), 6-201, 6-205, 6-303, 6-306,

6-410, 6-411, and 6-501(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation

Section 6-621

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Regulation

6-101.

(c) (1) "Charitable contribution" means a contribution made on a
representation that it will be used for a charitable purpose.

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