4.__Disclosure of information.__Solicit a contribution from any person in this State without clearly and conspicuously disclosing to the person, prior to the time the person makes or authorizes payment of a donation:

A.__The name and address of the professional solicitor;

B.__That the solicitor is being paid by the charitable organization on whose behalf the solicitation is being made; and

C.__How the potential contributor may obtain information from the State on the respective percentages of contributions that will be paid to the charitable organization and to the paid fund-raiser.

This section does not apply to a national bank, a federal savings bank, a subsidiary of a national bank or federal savings bank or any other financial institution or credit union chartered under the laws of the United States or any state and subject to supervision and regulation by a federal financial regulatory agency.

Sec. 16. 9 MRSA §5012, as amended by PL 1999, c. 656, §4, is amended to read:

§5012. Charitable solicitation disclosure

It shall be is a violation of this chapter for:

1. Solicitation of contributions. Any person or entity to solicit contributions from a prospective donor without fully disclosing to the prospective donor, at the time of solicitation but prior to the request for contributions, the name and address of the charitable organization for which the solicitation is being conducted; and.

2. Solicitation by a professional charitable fund raiser. Any professional fund-raising counsel, professional solicitor or commercial coventurer, or any of its agents or persons acting on its behalf, to solicit contributions from a prospective donor without fully disclosing to the prospective donor at the time of solicitation but prior to the request for contributions:

A. The name and address of the professional fund-raising counsel, professional solicitor or commercial coventurer; and