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renewal of registration; and

 
(3)__A completed application.

 
D.__The complete packet for renewal of registration
application must include all the requirements identified in
subsection 3 as well as the following:

 
(1)__An audited financial statement, including federal
Internal Revenue Service 990 and Schedule A forms or a
990 EZ form.__Failure to file an audited financial
statement of the organization's most recent audited
fiscal year may be grounds for disciplinary action as
provided under Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5.__
The office shall adopt rules governing the content of
the audited financial statement.__Rules adopted
pursuant to this subparagraph are routine technical
rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A;
and

 
(2)__The nonrefundable fee for renewal of registration
plus the required filing fee for charitable
organizations receiving more than $30,000 in gross
contributions.

 
Sec. 9. 9 MRSA §5005, as amended by PL 2001, c. 323, §4, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 10. 9 MRSA §5005-B is enacted to read:

 
§5005-B. Annual fund-raising activity reports to be filed by

 
charitable organizations

 
1.__Content of report.__A charitable organization shall submit
to the office an annual fund-raising activity report that
reflects data from the preceding calendar year, on a form
prescribed by the office, at least 60 days prior to the
registration expiration date.__The report must state, at a
minimum, the following:

 
A.__The charitable organization's mailing address, telephone
number and registration number;

 
B.__The name, mailing address, telephone number and
registration number of each professional solicitor,
professional fund-raising counsel and commercial co-venturer
with which the charitable organization contracts;

 
C.__The date of each fund-raising campaign;


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