Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A parent
organization may, but is not required to, register any or all of its local units. If
a parent organization elects to register one or more of its local units, it shall
follow the procedures set out in this subchapter.
(b) A local unit shall register if it has not been
registered by its parent organization pursuant to this subchapter or if it does not
meet the requirements of (c) below. Each local unit shall be responsible to
determine if it has been registered by the parent organization.
(c) A local unit of a parent organization which
meets all of the following requirements shall be considered registered:
1. The parent organization is registered pursuant
to the Act;
2. All solicitations on
behalf of the local unit are performed by members of the local unit or
volunteers;
3. The local unit does not
employ a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser or utilize paid staff
in the preparation of materials or records concerning or related to the
solicitations; and
4. The local unit:
i. Does not receive gross contributions in excess
of $ 25,000 during the fiscal year; or
ii. Is an organization that limits membership to
persons who are, or formerly were, employed as officers statutorily authorized to
enforce the criminal laws of this State.
(d) The parent organization also shall provide all
of the following information:
1. Upon initial
registration, a copy of the parent organization's charter, articles of organization,
agreement of association, instrument of trust, constitution or other organizational
instrument and bylaws.
2. Upon initial
registration and annual renewal, a separate statement that provides the following:
i. The name, street address and phone number of
all local units within this State that it is registering;
ii. The amount of gross contributions received by
each such unit and the purpose or purposes for which these funds were raised in the
preceding fiscal year; and
iii. A
statement asserting that each such local unit has provided the parent organization
with a written statement reporting the information included on its behalf and
asserting that the local unit meets all of the requirements set forth in this
subchapter.
